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State practice establishes this rule as a norm of customary international law applicable in both international and non-international armed conflicts.
- Customary IHL | ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross
Customary international humanitarian law (IHL) consists of...
- The Principle of Distinction between Civilians and Combatants
The principle of distinction between civilians and...
- Customary IHL | ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross
The principle of distinction between civilians and combatants was first set forth in the St. Petersburg Declaration, which states that “the only legitimate object which States should endeavour to accomplish during war is to weaken the military forces of the enemy”.
This Comment, drawing on doctrinal and realist policy analyses, argues that the legal elements of proportionality in customary international law can be clarified through the adoption of the definition of proportionality provided by the Rome Statute as customary international law.
The law of war with respect to targeting, collateral damage and collateral civilian casualties is derived from the principle of discrimination; that is, the necessity for distinguishing between combatants, who may be attacked, and noncombatants, against whom an intentional attack may not be directed, and between legitimate military targets and ...
This database is an online version of the ICRC’s study on customary international humanitarian law (IHL), originally published by Cambridge University Press in 2005. The 2005 study consists of two volumes: volume I (rules) and volume II (practice).
Customary international humanitarian law (IHL) consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and exist independent of treaty law. Customary IHL is of crucial importance in today’s armed conflicts because it fills gaps left by treaty law and so strengthens the protection offered to victims.
6 paź 2020 · Defense Law of War Manual of June 2015 provides that: “The respect and protection accorded by the [First Geneva Convention] to military medical units and facilities mean that they must not knowingly be attacked, fired upon, or unnecessarily prevented from discharging their proper
