International humanitarian law (IHL), also referred to as the laws of armed conflict, is the law that regulates the conduct of war (jus in bello). It is...

Customary international humanitarian law is a body of unwritten rules of public international law, which govern conduct during armed conflict. Customary...

scholars of international politics tend to identify the advent of global humanitarian impulses to the 19th century. The creation of the International Red Cross...

criminal law, the concept is used to convey the idea that the punishment of an offender should fit the crime. Under international humanitarian law governing...

non-international armed conflicts as per Article 1(b) of Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions and customary international humanitarian law, and...

Conventions are international humanitarian laws consisting of four treaties and three additional protocols that establish international legal standards...

systemic perspective explains that international humanitarian law represents a function of international human rights law; it includes general norms that...

The International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL) is an independent, “non-profit, humanitarian association having social values as its objectives”...

no quarter", signifying they would not take prisoners. Under international humanitarian law, "it is especially forbidden [...] to declare that no quarter...

to follow international humanitarian law. On 27 December, an MSF representative stated, "You absolutely cannot depict this as a humanitarian response:...

interests, but instead is motivated by humanitarian objectives. The customary international law concept of humanitarian intervention dates back to Hugo Grotius...

against the Palestinian people and to adhere to the principles of international humanitarian law with regard to the responsibilities of an occupying state."...

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customary international law, always apply to the use of armed force." Positive international humanitarian law consists of treaties (international agreements)...

On 24 May, the International Court of Justice ordered an immediate halt to the offensive, a position rejected by Israel. The humanitarian impact of Israeli...

distinction and proportionality, are three important principles of international humanitarian law, governing the legal use of force in an armed conflict. Offensives...

pillars of what would later become the International Committee of the Red Cross and International Humanitarian Law: impartiality and neutrality. Dunant...

International law (also known as public international law and the law of nations) is the set of rules, norms, and standards generally recognized as binding...

severity of the humanitarian crisis, and urged the Israeli government to adhere to international humanitarian law. The EU's humanitarian aid chief Janez...

International Humanitarian Law guide suggests that rules prohibiting use of civilians as human shields are "arguably" customary in non-international armed...

Also, there is an obligation to respect and ensure respect for international humanitarian law, which stems from the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol...

weapon systems that decide whom to kill. How international humanitarian law and international human rights law regulate the development and use of offensive...

The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 16 million volunteers, members, and staff...

within the army, and which has a humanitarian function during armed conflicts in accordance with international humanitarian law, and specific rights and responsibilities...

with international law. In practice, Israel does not accept that the Fourth Geneva Convention applies de jure, but has stated that on humanitarian issues...

Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) (Serbian: Fond za Humanitarno pravo, Albanian: Fondi për të Drejtën Humanitare) is the Serbian non-governmental organisation...

Meron is a scholar of public international law, international humanitarian law, human rights and international criminal law. Prior to his immigration to...

international commission of inquiry in order immediately to investigate reports of violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law in...

to Inadequate Humanitarian Laws, 13:1 Gonzaga Journal of International Law (2010), available at "Gonzaga Journal of International Law – Israel and White...

Air warfare must comply with laws and customs of war, including international humanitarian law by protecting the victims of the conflict and refraining...