humanitarian law
Conflict conduct codes
Humanitarian law is the body of international rules governing armed conflict, designed to limit suffering by protecting civilians, prisoners of war, and the wounded.
It restricts methods of warfare—prohibiting certain weapons, targeting of noncombatants, and mistreatment of captives.
The Geneva Conventions form its core: The bombing violated humanitarian law.
- International Criminal CourtGenocide prosecution tribunal
- Hague ConventionsInternational laws of warfare
- rules of warPrinciples constraining military conduct
- Geneva ConventionsWartime humanitarian treaties
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
proportionality · military tribunals · armed conflict · unlawful combatants · necessity · wartime conduct · child soldiers · Red Cross · precautionary measures · UN Security Council · civilians · prisoners · human rights law · ceasefire agreements · atrocities · demilitarized zones · peacekeeping operations · treaties
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Absence of governing rules
war crimes · crimes against humanity · genocide · ethnic cleansing · law of the jungle
humanitarian lawtotal war
Conflict engaging entire nations
no quarter · scorched earth · indiscriminate bombing · chemical warfare · biological warfare
humanitarian lawdomestic law
A nation's internal rules
civil law · criminal law · constitutional law · commercial law · contract law
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