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Humanitarian Law, International
2000International humanitarian law emerged after the Second World War in the framework of the law of armed conflicts. At the request of the 26th International Conference on the Red Cross and the Red Crescent movement in December 1995, the ICRC undertook a study on customary international humanitarian law. The main objective of the study was to fill some of
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International Humanitarian Law
1987International humanitarian law applicable in armed conflict has been codified in two parallel streams known, somewhat confusingly, as the law of Geneva and the law of the Hague. The law of Geneva was designed to ensure respect, protection, and humane treatment of those who are taking no direct part in the fighting (wounded, sick, or shipwrecked ...
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International Humanitarian Law
2012This chapter explores the notion that truly “civilized” people should set boundaries even in war, which was not solely confined to those who founded Western civilization. It mentions the Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu, whose writings about the relationship between warfare and politics anticipated much contemporary thought on civility.
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International humanitarian law
2008In addition to prescribing laws governing resort to force ( jus ad bellum ), international law also seeks to regulate the conduct of hostilities ( jus in bello ). These principles cover, for example, the treatment of prisoners of war, civilians in occupied territory, sick and wounded personnel, prohibited methods of warfare and human rights in ...
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