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dc.contributor.authorICRC
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-28T06:24:39Z
dc.date.available2019-04-28T06:24:39Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.citationICRC(2005). Customary international humanitarian law : volume I –rules, New York: Cambridge University Press.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-521-80899-6 hardback
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-521-00528-9 paperback
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1233
dc.description.abstractInternational humanitarian law (IHL), also known as the law of war or the law of armed conflict, is the area of public international law which aims, “for humanitarian reasons, to limit the effects of armed conflict. It protects persons who are not or are no longer participating in the hostilities and restricts the means and methods of warfare”. War is as old as mankind and so, in a sense, is IHL. Behavior during armed conflict “has always been subject to certain principles and customs”, based on the practices of armies around the world. Since the mid-19th century, however, many such rules have been codified by States in international treaties, like the Hague Regulations and Geneva Conventions. Not withstanding this increasing codification of IHL, customary rules remain relevant in contemporary armed conflicts.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Committee of the Red Crossen_US
dc.subjecthumanitarian, war, genevaen_US
dc.titleCustomary international humanitarian law : volume I- rulesen_US


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