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Revisiting International Humanitarian Law

Author(s) Dr. Deepa Muduli
Country India
Abstract Abstract:
International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is a very important part of public international law. It mostly refers to international armed conflict. Armed conflict means fighting between the armed forces of at least two countries. It can also involve non-international armed conflicts. Internal conflicts are not characterized as armed conflicts. The goal of IHL is that people who no longer take part in the hostilities are entitled to respect for their lives, and they must be protected and treated with humanity without any distinction. Humanitarian law began with the first Geneva Convention and evolved over time, often after serious and tragic events that proved its necessity. The first world war witnessed the methods of warfare that were completely new, along with new weapons, including flamethrowers, warplanes, tanks, poison gas etc. machine guns, grenades. The Second World War saw civilians and military personnel killed in equal numbers. The alarming effects of war had on mankind led people to adopt a new instrument: the Geneva Convention for the protection of all human beings.In 1874, a peace conference at the Hague was convened in Brussels and adopted an international Declaration on the laws and customs of war. In 1934, the 15th International Conference of the Red Cross met in Tokyo. The Convention of the Red-Cross approved the text of the convention on the condition and protection of people. The Tokyo draft was not applied during the second world war. The devastating consequences of war gave birth to another new framework, The Geneva Convention I of 1949.
Keywords Humanitarian law, armed conflicts, red cross and ICRC, jus ad bellum, and jus in bello.
Field Sociology > Administration / Law / Management
Published In Volume 7, Issue 5, September-October 2025
Published On 2025-10-18
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i05.58317

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