human shield
type: Item
belongs to Familia a3Media: Familia Guerra
subclass a3Media of: war crime
Commons category: Human shields
on focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Human Rights
subclass of: shield
instance of: war crime
instance of: non-combatant
has goal: protection
discoverer or inventor: Mahatma Gandhi
significant event: 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine
significant event: Battle of Shanghai
significant event: Warsaw Uprising
significant event: Vinkt Massacre
significant event: Battle of Okinawa
significant event: Battle of Manila
significant event: Algerian War
significant event: Battle of the Notch
significant event: Tel al-Zaatar massacre
label: Escudo humano @es
description: deliberate placement of non-combatants in or around combat targets to deter an enemy from attacking those targets