Law Outlines International Humanitarian Law / Law of Armed Conflict Outlines
Hello! This is my outline for International Humanitarian Law (IHL), also called Law of War or Law of Armed Conflict. It covers all the main topics in detail, including when a state can lawfully use force, international armed conflicts, non-international armed conflicts, belligerent occupation, targeting, means and methods of war, protected persons and objects, prisoners of war and civilian detainees, humanitarian aid, international criminal accountability, and the interaction of IHL and human rig...
The following is a more accessible plain text extract of the PDF sample above, taken from our International Humanitarian Law / Law of Armed Conflict Outlines. Due to the challenges of extracting text from PDFs, it will have odd formatting:
[IAC] Authorization of Armed Force: Jus ad Bellum 2
Exceptions to UNC Art. 2(4)’s prohibition 4
Inherent Right to Self-Defense 5
Afterwards: Report to Security Council 7
Wall Between Jus ad Bellum and Jus in Bello 7
Note on citations:
For treaties, I have used an abbreviation, followed by a period and the article number. Thus Geneva Convention IV, Article 42 becomes “GC4.42.” Article 2 Common to the Geneva Conventions becomes GC.CA2. The Hague Regulations are HR, and the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions are AP1 & AP2.
Citations in the form “HB000” refer to section numbers in Fleck, The Handbook of International Humanitarian Law (3rd ed.).
I’ve also cited certain academic articles, commentaries and government documents:
ILA-Sydney refers to the International Law Association’s 2018 Sydney Conference Report on the Use of Force.
Sassòli refers to Marco Sassòli’s 2015 article “Combatants” in the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law.
DoD refers to the US Department of Defense Law of War Manual (Dec. 2016 Update).
ICRC guidance on civilians directly participating in hostilities refers to Nils Melzer (ICRC) Interpretive Guidance (2009).
Lubell refers to Noam Lubell, “Fragmented Wars: Multi-Territorial Military Operations Against Armed Groups” 93 International Legal Studies 215 (2017).
**This is all IAC stuff, not NIAC!**
There is no jus ad bellum, IHL or other international law (except to the extent IHRL is applicable) on when a state can engage in armed conflict against non-state.
The Purposes of the United Nations are:
|
---|
The Organization and its Members, in pursuit of the Purposes stated in Article 1, shall act in accordance with the following Principles:
|
---|
The Security Council shall determine the existence of any threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression and shall make recommendations, or decide what measures shall be taken in accordance with Articles 41 and 42, to maintain or restore international peace and security. |
---|
In order to prevent an aggravation of the situation, the Security Council may, before making the recommendations or deciding upon the measures provided for in Article 39, call upon the parties concerned to comply with such provisional measures as it deems necessary or desirable. Such provisional measures shall be without prejudice to the rights, claims, or position of the parties concerned. The Security Council shall duly take account of failure to comply with such provisional measures. |
---|
The Security Council may decide what measures not involving the use of armed force are to be employed to give effect to its decisions, and it may call upon the Members of the United Nations to... |
---|
Buy the full version of these notes or essay plans and more in our International Humanitarian Law / Law of Armed Conflict Outlines.
Hello! This is my outline for International Humanitarian Law (IHL), also called Law of War or Law of Armed Conflict. It covers all the main topics in detail, including when a state can lawfully use force, international armed conflicts, non-international armed conflicts, belligerent occupation, targeting, means and methods of war, protected persons and objects, prisoners of war and civilian detainees, humanitarian aid, international criminal accountability, and the interaction of IHL and human rig...
Ask questions 🙋 Get answers 📔 It's simple 👁️👄👁️
Our AI is educated by the highest scoring students across all subjects and schools. Join hundreds of your peers today.
Get Started