The protection of civilians, or “PoC,” as it is often referred to in the academic and policy literature (Keenan and Beadle 2015; Willmot, Sheeran, and Weller 2016; Foley 2017; Hill and Manea 2018; Casey-Maslen and Vestner 2022; Koops and Patz 2022), has emerged over the past few decades1 as the key frame of reference that calls for, enables, and legitimates international interventions and, more broadly, the codification of contemporary warfare.2 Consequently, civilians and their protection...
