The law of war is a component of international law that regulates the conditions for initiating war (jus ad bellum) and the conduct of hostilities (jus...

A war crime is a violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility for actions by combatants in action, such as intentionally...

humanitarian law (IHL), also referred to as the laws of armed conflict, is the law that regulates the conduct of war (jus in bello). It is a branch of international...

environmental concerns for the duration of the war. Some international law is designed to limit this environmental harm. War and military activities have obvious...

declaring war was defined in the Hague Convention (III) of 1907 on the Opening of Hostilities. Since 1945, developments in international law such as the...

2008–2009 Gaza War. The accusations covered violating laws governing distinction and proportionality by Israel, the indiscriminate firing of rockets at civilian...

The War of Laws (Russian: Война законов, Voyna zakonov) was the series of conflicts between the central government of the Soviet Union and the governments...

(Islamic law) and Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) by Ulama (Islamic scholars) as the correct Islamic manner, expected to be obeyed by Muslims, in times of war. Some...

war. The sources of international law include international custom (general state practice accepted as law), treaties, and general principles of law recognised...

The War Powers Resolution (also known as the War Powers Resolution of 1973 or the War Powers Act) (50 U.S.C. ch. 33) is a federal law intended to check...

Belgium's War Crimes Law invokes the concept of universal jurisdiction to allow anyone to bring war crime charges in Belgian courts, regardless of where the...

World War II, the Allies committed legally proven war crimes and violations of the laws of war against either civilians or military personnel of the Axis...

law is declared in times of war or emergencies such as civil unrest and natural disasters. Alternatively, martial law may be declared in instances of...

change in the law. A 2017 study found that the just war tradition can be traced as far back as to Ancient Egypt. Egyptian ethics of war usually centered...

its members have violated the law of war after the signing of the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 and the signing of the Geneva Conventions. The United...

summarizes the war crimes that have violated the laws and customs of war since the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907. Since many war crimes are not prosecuted...

Principles of war are rules and guidelines that represent truths in the practice of war and military operations. The earliest known principles of war were documented...

This is a timeline of declarations of war during World War II. A declaration of war is a formal act by which one nation goes to war against another. The...

form a part of the law of war. Since World War II and the establishment of the United Nations, it has been common practice in international law for occupied...

series of regulations limiting the ingredients in beer in Germany and the states of the former Holy Roman Empire. The best known version of the law was adopted...

general principle in law which covers several separate (although related) concepts: The concept of proportionality is used as a criterion of fairness and justice...

Wars of In-Laws (Traditional Chinese: 我的野蠻奶奶) is a TVB costume comedy series broadcast in July 2005. It stars Liza Wang, Myolie Wu & Bosco Wong. An indirect...

international law recognizes at least three lawful justifications for waging war: self-defense, defense of an ally required by the terms of a treaty, and...

international law from history, protect the rights of captured regular and irregular enemy soldiers, along with civilians of enemy states. Prisoners-of-war (POWs)...

A war of aggression, sometimes also war of conquest, is a military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain...

and father of public international law, stated in his 1625 magnum opus The Law of War and Peace that "Most Men assign three Just Causes of War, Defence...

IV Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land, Art. 10 (1907) and Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Art. 21 (1949),...

humanitarian laws consisting of four treaties and three additional protocols that establish international legal standards for humanitarian treatment in war. The...

groups. The American Civil War was not an international conflict under the laws of war, because the Confederate States of America (CSA) was not a government...

American Strategy of Preemptive War and International Law The Myth of Preemptive Self-Defense Mary Ellen O’Connell Professor of Law Pre-emptive Self-Defence...