International Humanitarian Law

Today there various newsletters or magazines report a brief discussion of international humanitarian law. As a set of rules, international humanitarian law is aimed for humanitarian reasons, to manage the undesired effects of limiting the barbarity of war, particularly to protect civilians or those don’t participate in combat to be victims of war. It is also called as the law of war.

As part of international law, which is a set of rules governing relations between states that implements as treaties, Documents or conventions of customary law and it is practiced as binding with general principles without intervention.

This customary law applies to make difference distinction between combatants and civilians.. It does not determine whether a state may use force are governed by the important, but certain parts of international law is enshrined in the Geneva Conventions and additional protocols. This is based on human rights rules of ancient civilizations and religions, wars have always been subject to certain principles and practices.

International humanitarian law began in the nineteenth century. Since then, All country must agree on a number of practical rules, based on bitter experience of modern warfare, that is outlined by UN charter. These rules creates an appropriate balance between humanitarian concerns and military requirements of such nations. While the international community has grown, an increasing number of nation have contributed to the development of these rules.