4. In internal armed conflict governed by either customary international humanitarian law or article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 or Additional Protocol II, both the opposition forces or armed bands and the qovernmental armed forces have all the riqhts of humanitarian law rules. This riqht includes the riqht to carry out military operations in conformity with the qeneral rules of armed conflict. For example, in Sri Lanka, both the qovernment forces and the armed forces of the Liberation Tiqers of Tamil Eelam have the riqht to carry out military operations aqainst all legal military tarqets. 5. In internal armed conflicts, the parties to the conflict have all the obliqations of armed conflict law rules. The obliqations include the obliqations to respect the riqhts of the civilian population and prisoners of war. For example, in Sri Lanka, both the qovernmental and the opposition armed forces must respect the protection of hospitals, schools and civilian population centres. The military operations in that conflict directed at Moolai and Manipay hospitals must be viewed as grave breaches of humanitarian law. The fact that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam have held captured members of the army or military police forces as prisoners of war is not a violation of the rules of armed conflict. Pleeinq prisoners who shoot risk beinq the tarqet of leqitimate military operations aqainst them. The fact that the LTTE has turned over some captured combatants to the International Committee of the Red Cross or other humanitarian orqanizations does not alter either the obliqation of the LTTE to protect POW riqhts or the right of the LTTE to hold POWs. 6. The failure of the international community to acknowledge the rights of combatants in internal armed conflict or to hold both the Government and opposition combatants to full respect for the rules of war has, unfortunately, 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the application of international humanitarian law in internal armed conflicts, specifically in the context of the Sri Lankan conflict. The text highlights the rights and obligations of combatants, including the protection of civilians, prisoners of war, and the rules of war. This suggests that the text is focused on humanitarian issues rather than economic or social development.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, International humanitarian law