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...
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Additional Protocol I, Art. 48 2
Additional Protocol I, Art. 49 2
Additional Protocol I, Art. 51 2
Additional Protocol II, Art. 13 3
Military Objectives: Persons 4
Civilians Directly Participating in Hostilities 5
Military Objectives: Objects 7
Additional Protocol I, Art. 52 7
Additional Protocol I, Art. 57 10
Additional Protocol I, Art. 58 10
Other Precaution Considerations 11
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).
**Principle of distinction is jus cogens, applicable regardless of conflict classification.** This means the targeting, proportionality, and precaution stuff always applies [HB448].
In order to ensure respect for and protection of the civilian population and civilian objects, the Parties to the conflict shall at all times distinguish between the civilian population and combatants and between civilian objects and military objectives and accordingly shall direct their operations only against military objectives. |
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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...
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