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What is the role of a neutral nation when belligerency rights are applied to insurgent groups?

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In civil wars if the insurgent force is granted belligerency rights, neutral nations generally abstain from supplying or helping either the established government or its opponent. An example of this practice is found in the neutrality proclamations issued by European powers in the American Civil War.

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