The law of war is the component of international law that regulates the conditions for initiating war (jus ad bellum) and the conduct of hostilities (jus...

A war crime is a violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility for actions by combatants in action, such as intentionally...

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 a branch of international...

states across a broad range of domains, including war and diplomacy, economic relations, and human rights. International law differs from state-based domestic...

environmental concerns for the duration of the war. Some international law is designed to limit this environmental harm. War and military activities have obvious...

declaring war was defined in the Hague Convention (III) of 1907 on the Opening of Hostilities. Since 1945, developments in international law such as the...

The War Powers Resolution (also known as the War Powers Resolution of 1973 or the War Powers Act) (50 U.S.C. ch. 33) is a federal law intended to check...

(Islamic law) and Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) by Ulama (Islamic scholars) as the correct Islamic manner, expected to be obeyed by Muslims, in times of war. Some...

World War II, the Allies committed legally proven war crimes and violations of the laws of war against either civilians or military personnel of the Axis...

The War of Laws (Russian: Война законов, Voyna zakonov) was the series of conflicts between the central government of the Soviet Union and the governments...

Wars of In-Laws (Traditional Chinese: 我的野蠻奶奶) is a TVB costume comedy series broadcast in July 2005. It stars Liza Wang, Myolie Wu & Bosco Wong. An indirect...

change in the law. A 2017 study found that the just war tradition can be traced as far back as to Ancient Egypt. Egyptian ethics of war usually centered...

summarizes the war crimes that have violated the laws and customs of war since the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907. Since many war crimes are not prosecuted...

make perpetrators of such conduct criminally accountable for their perpetration. The core crimes under international law are genocide, war crimes, crimes...

that war crimes may have been committed in the latest explosion of violence in Israel and Gaza, and all those who have violated international law and targeted...

Members of the United States Armed Forces have violated the law of war after the signing of the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 and the signing of the...

Voluntary war (Hebrew: מלחמת הרשות‎; milḥemet ha-reshūt), sometimes called a discretionary war, optional war, a non-obligatory war, or a war of free choice...

Hamas war crimes are the violations of international criminal law, including war crimes and crimes against humanity, which the Islamist Nationalist organization...

A war of aggression, sometimes also war of conquest, is a military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain...

international law recognizes at least three lawful justifications for waging war: self-defense, defense of an ally required by the terms of a treaty, and...

part of customary international law, and form a part of the law of war. Since World War II and the establishment of the United Nations, it has been common...

This is a timeline of declarations of war during World War II. A declaration of war is a formal act by which one nation goes to war against another. The...

Principles of war are rules and guidelines that represent truths in the practice of war and military operations. The earliest known principles of war were documented...

series of regulations limiting the ingredients in beer in Germany and the states of the former Holy Roman Empire. The best known version of the law was adopted...

and father of public international law, stated in his 1625 magnum opus The Law of War and Peace that "Most Men assign three Just Causes of War, Defence...

often, martial law is declared in times of war and/or emergencies such as civil unrest and natural disasters. Alternatively, martial law may be declared...

general principle in law which covers several separate (although related) concepts: The concept of proportionality is used as a criterion of fairness and justice...

groups. The American Civil War was not an international conflict under the laws of war, because the Confederate States of America (CSA) was not a government...

international law from history, protect the rights of captured regular and irregular enemy soldiers, along with civilians of enemy states. Prisoners-of-war (POWs)...

Israeli war crimes are the violations of international criminal law, including war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of genocide, which the...