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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Military brutality

Military brutality

  • Military cruelty
  • Peace-keeping brutality

Incidence

On a regular basis, Palestinians are being shot in cold blood, randomly killed and maimed, detained without trial and beaten and humiliated by soldiers acting on orders from the Israeli government. A 1993 report estimates nearly 600 Somalis died at the hands of peace-keeping forces since the start of the UN's Operation Restore Hope.

Broader

Unethical military practices
Unpresentable
Brutalization of military personnel
Unpresentable
Brutality
Unpresentable

Aggravates

Military atrocities
Presentable
Military desertion
Unpresentable

Aggravated by

War-time conditions and pressure
Unpresentable
Military reprisals
Unpresentable
Inadequate working conditions in the military
Unpresentable

Related

Unrestrained use of force in administration of justice
Presentable

Strategy

Peace-keeping
Excellent
Using brutality
Yet to rate
Condemning military brutality
Yet to rate
Being cruel
Yet to rate
Fragging
Yet to rate

Value

Peace
Yet to rate
Cruelty
Yet to rate
Brutality
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Defence » Military
  • International relations » Peacekeeping
  • Societal problems » Maltreatment
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    D4945
    DOCID
    11449450
    D7NID
    133512
    Last update
    Jan 2, 2023