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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

(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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

IV Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land, Art. 10 (1907) and Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Art. 21 (1949),...

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...

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...

Law of War and Peace) is a 1625 book written by Hugo Grotius on the legal status of war that is regarded as a foundational work in international law....

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

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

humanitarian laws consisting of four treaties and three additional protocols that establish international legal standards for humanitarian treatment in war. The...

refers to the common activities and characteristics of types of war, or of wars in general. Total war is warfare that is not restricted to purely legitimate...

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...