Who is considered "non-directly involved" in non-international armed conflicts?
In non-international armed conflicts, those who are not directly involved in hostile acts include members of armed forces who have laid down their weapons, and individuals unable to fight due to illness, wounds, detention, or any other reason as stated in the Article 3 common to the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, the second additional protocol of 1977, and the rules of customary international humanitarian law.