What is international humanitarian law?
Legal factsheet31 DECEMBER 2014
Fact sheet providing a summary description of the sources, content and field of application of international humanitarian law.
International humanitarian law is a set of rules which seek, for humanitarian reasons, to limit the effects of armed conflict. It protects persons who are not or are no longer participating in the hostilities and restricts the means and methods of warfare. International humanitarian law is also known as the law of war or the law of armed conflict.
International humanitarian law is part of international law, which is the body of rules governing relations between States. International law is contained in agreements between States – treaties or conventions –, in customary rules, which consist of State practise considered by them as legally binding, and in general principles.
International humanitarian law applies to armed conflicts. It does not regulate whether a State may actually use force; this is governed by an important, but distinct, part of international law set out in the United Nations Charter.
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In recent decades, armed conflict has blighted the lives of millions of civilians. Serious violations of international humanitarian and human
rights law are common in many armed conflicts. In certain circumstances, some of these violations may even constitute genocide, war crimes or crimes against humanity.
In the past 20 years, Governments, rebels, politicians, diplomats, activists,
demonstrators and journalists have referred to international humanitarian
law and human rights in armed conflicts. They are regularly referred to
in United Nations Security Council resolutions, in United Nations Human
Rights Council discussions, in political pamphlets of opposition movements,
in reports of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), in the training of soldiers and in diplomatic discussions. International human rights law and international humanitarian law are now important parameters for many
military commanders, advised on the ground by lawyers. Finally, they
are often referred to by defence lawyers and prosecutors in international
and—to a still limited extent—domestic tribunals, and form the basis for
well-reasoned verdicts.
International human rights law and international humanitarian law share
the goal of preserving the dignity and humanity of all. Over the years, the
General Assembly, the Commission on Human Rights and, more recently,
the Human Rights Council have considered that, in armed conflict, parties to the conflict have legally binding obligations concerning the rights of
persons affected by the conflict. Although different in scope, international human rights law and international humanitarian law offer a series of protections to persons in armed conflict, whether civilians, persons who
are no longer participating directly in hostilities or active participants in the conflict. Indeed, as has been recognized, inter alia, by international and
regional courts, as well as by United Nations organs, treaty bodies and human rights special procedures, both bodies of law apply to situations of armed conflict and provide complementary and mutually reinforcing protection.
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INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW ENGLISH-BURMESE VERSION
1. ADVISORY SERVICE
ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW
____________________________________
What is international humanitarian law?
What is international
humanitarian law?
International humanitarian law
(IHL) is a set of rules that seeks,
for humanitarian reasons, to limit
the effects of armed conflict. It
protects persons who are not, or
are no longer, participating in
hostilities, and imposes limits on
the means and methods of
warfare. IHL is also known as ‘the
law of war’ or ‘the law of armed
conflict’.
IHL is part of public international
law – the body of rules governing
relations between States. Public
international law is made up
primarily of treaties or
conventions concluded between
States, customary rules (general
practice accepted as law), and
general principles of law (see
Article 38 of the Statute of the
International Court of Justice).
Distinction must be made
between IHL, which regulates the
conduct of parties engaged in an
armed conflict (jus in bello), and
that part of public international
law set out in the Charter of the
United Nations that regulates
whether a State may rightfully
resort to armed force against
another State (jus ad bellum).
The Charter prohibits such use of
force, with two exceptions: cases
of self-defence against an armed
1
For more information, see the various
Advisory Service factsheets on specific
international treaties.
attack, and when the use of
armed force is authorized by the
United Nations Security Council.
What are the origins of IHL?
Warfare has always been subject
to certain principles and customs.
It may be said therefore that IHL
has its roots in the rules of
ancient civilizations and religions.
Universal codification of IHL
began in the nineteenth century,
notably through the adoption of
the 1864 Geneva Convention for
the Amelioration of the Condition
of the Wounded in Armies in the
Field and the 1868 Declaration of
Saint Petersburg, which
prohibited the use of certain
projectiles in wartime. Since
then, States have agreed to and
codified a series of practical rules
to keep pace with evolving
means and methods of warfare
and the related humanitarian
consequences. These rules
strike a careful balance between
humanitarian concerns and the
military requirements of States
and non-State parties to armed
conflict. They address a broad
range of issues, including:
protection for wounded and sick
soldiers; treatment of prisoners of
war and other persons detained
in connection with an armed
conflict; protection for the civilian
population and civilian objects,
such as cultural property; and
restrictions on the use of certain
weapons and methods of warfare
(see next section).
Over time, the number of States
adhering to these rules has
grown, securing virtually
universal acceptance for the core
treaties of IHL.
What are the treaty-based
sources of IHL?
The four Geneva Conventions
of 1949 (GC I, II, III and IV),
which have been universally
ratified, constitute the core
treaties of IHL. The Conventions
have been supplemented by
Additional Protocols I and II of
1977 (AP I and AP II) relating to
the protection of victims of
international and non-
international armed conflict
respectively; and by Additional
Protocol III of 2005 (AP III)
relating to an additional
distinctive emblem (the red
crystal).
Other international treaties
prohibit the use of certain
weapons and military tactics, and
protect certain categories of
person and object from the
effects of hostilities. These
treaties1
include:
2. the 1925 Protocol for the
Prohibition of the Use of
Asphyxiating, Poisonous or
Other Gases, and of
Bacteriological Methods of
Warfare
the 1954 Convention for the
Protection of Cultural
Property in the Event of
Armed Conflict and its two
Protocols of 1954 and 1999
the 1972 Convention on the
Prohibition of the
Development, Production and
Stockpiling of Bacteriological
(Biological) and Toxin
Weapons and on their
Destruction
the 1976 Convention on the
Prohibition of Military or any
Other Hostile Use of
Environmental Modification
Techniques
the 1980 Convention on
Prohibitions or Restrictions
on the Use of Certain
Conventional Weapons
Which May Be Deemed to Be
Excessively Injurious or to
Have Indiscriminate Effects
(CCW) and its five Protocols
of 1980 (I, II and III), 1995
(IV), and 2003 (V)
the 1993 Convention on the
Prohibition of the
Development, Production,
Stockpiling and Use of
Chemical Weapons and on
their Destruction
the 1997 Convention on the
Prohibition of the Use,
Stockpiling, Production and
Transfer of Anti-Personnel
Mines and on their
Destruction (APMBC)
the 2000 Optional Protocol to
the Convention on the Rights
of the Child on the
involvement of children in
armed conflict
the 2006 International
Convention for the Protection
of All Persons from Enforced
Disappearance
2
More information on these customary
rules can be found in the two-volume ICRC
study, Customary International
the 2008 Convention on
Cluster Munitions (CCM).
In addition, the 1998 Statute of
the International Criminal Court
(ICC) established the Court’s
jurisdiction in respect of war
crimes (Article 8), thus
strengthening States’ obligation
to prevent serious violations of
IHL.
Many provisions of the treaties
mentioned above are now
thought to reflect customary IHL
and are, consequently, binding
on all States and all parties to a
conflict.2
When does IHL apply?
IHL applies only to situations of
armed conflict. It does not cover
internal tensions or disturbances
such as isolated acts of violence
that do not reach the threshold of
an armed conflict. In addition, IHL
distinguishes between
international and non-
international armed conflict.
International armed conflicts
are those in which one or more
States resort to the use of armed
force against another State.
Wars of national liberation, under
certain conditions, and situations
of occupation are regarded as
international armed conflicts.
International armed conflicts are
governed by the four Geneva
Conventions and Additional
Protocol I.
Non-international armed
conflicts are restricted to the
territory of a single State and
involve either governmental
armed forces fighting one or
more non-State armed groups, or
such groups fighting each other.
The rules applicable to non-
international armed conflict have
a more limited scope than those
governing international armed
Humanitarian Law (2005, 2009) and in its
customary IHL database
conflict. These rules are set out in
Article 3 common to the four
Geneva Conventions and in AP
II. However, customary law
expands the protection provided
by certain rules of IHL to all types
of armed conflict, including non-
international conflicts.
IHL applies once the conditions
for an armed conflict or
occupation are met on the ground
– even if a state of conflict is not
recognized as such by one of the
parties and regardless of whether
the occupation encounters
armed resistance. IHL applies
equally to all sides, irrespective of
who started the fighting and, in
the case of international armed
conflict, even if one of the
belligerent States is not party to
the Geneva Conventions or
Additional Protocol I.
The distinction between
international and non-
international conflict is not always
clear-cut. In recent years,
conflicts have arisen that contain
elements of both. A case-by-case
approach is therefore
recommended to determine
which normative framework is
applicable.
What does IHL cover?
1) The protection of those who
are not, or no longer, taking part
in hostilities.
The Geneva Conventions
regulate the protection and
treatment of four categories of
person during international
armed conflict:
the wounded and sick in
armed forces in the field (GC
I)
wounded, sick and
shipwrecked members of the
armed forces at sea (GC II)
prisoners of war (GC III)
(http://www.icrc.org/customary-
ihl/eng/docs/home).
3. civilians, including those in
occupied territories (GC IV).
The civilians protected under GC
IV are those held by a party to the
conflict, or an occupying power,
of which they are not nationals.
Internally displaced persons,
women, children, refugees,
stateless persons, and journalists
are some of the groups that
qualify for such protection.
Protection similar to that provided
in international armed conflict
applies in non-international
armed conflict to persons who
are not, or are no longer, taking
part in hostilities.
Persons protected by IHL are
entitled to respect for their lives,
their dignity, and their physical
and mental integrity. They are
also afforded various legal
guarantees. They must be
protected and treated humanely
in all circumstances, with no
adverse distinction.
More specifically, it is forbidden
to kill or wound an enemy who
surrenders or is unable to defend
himself or herself. The wounded
and the sick must be collected
and cared for by the party in
whose power they find
themselves. Medical personnel,
units and transports must all be
protected. Access to
humanitarian assistance for the
civilian population affected by the
conflict must be facilitated,
subject to the consent of the
parties concerned.
In addition, detailed rules govern
the conditions of detention for
prisoners of war and the
treatment of civilians under the
authority of an enemy power.
These rules cover such matters
as the provision of food, shelter
and medical care, judicial and
3
For more information, see the
Advisory Service factsheet entitled
“The Protection of the Red Cross / Red
Crescent Emblems”
procedural guarantees, and the
right – of the people in question –
to exchange messages with their
families.
Reprisals against protected
persons are forbidden.
In order to facilitate the protection
of those who are not, or are no
longer, participating in hostilities,
IHL defines a number of clearly
recognizable ‘distinctive
emblems’, with a view to
identifying and protecting objects
and persons providing
humanitarian assistance and
medical care. These emblems
are the red cross, the red
crescent, the red lion and sun
(which is no longer used), and the
red crystal (for States that have
ratified AP III). The distinctive
emblems can be used, in times of
armed conflict, to identify
protected persons, places and
objects (including, primarily,
armed forces’ medical units and
transports, as well as other
medical and religious services).
They may also be used, either
during armed conflict or in
peacetime, for the purpose of
identifying persons or objects
linked to the International Red
Cross and Red Crescent
Movement.3
2) Restrictions on the means of
warfare – in particular weapons –
and the methods of warfare, such
as military tactics.
As a general rule, IHL prohibits
means and methods of warfare
that cause superfluous injury or
unnecessary suffering.
Specific treaties have therefore
banned or restricted the use of
many weapons, including
exploding bullets, chemical and
biological weapons, blinding
laser weapons, anti-personnel
(http://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/other/
protection_emblems.pdf).
4
AP I, Art. 37(1), defines perfidy as “[a]cts
inviting the confidence of an adversary to
lead him to believe that he is entitled to, or
mines, cluster munitions, and
incendiary weapons. Pillage,
starvation and perfidy4
are some
of the methods of warfare
specifically prohibited under IHL.
IHL also regulates the general
conduct of hostilities on the basis
of three core principles:
distinction, proportionality, and
precaution. The principle of
distinction requires that the
parties to an armed conflict
distinguish at all times between
civilians and civilian objects on
the one hand, and combatants
and military objectives on the
other, and that attacks may only
be directed against combatants
and military objectives. The
purpose of this is to protect
individual civilians, civilian
property, and the civilian
population as a whole. Under this
principle, indiscriminate attacks
are prohibited.
The principle of proportionality,
a corollary to the principle of
distinction, dictates that
incidental loss of civilian life and
property or injury to civilians must
not be excessive in relation to the
concrete and direct military
advantage anticipated. In order
to implement the restrictions and
prohibitions on targeting, the
principle of precaution requires
all parties to an armed conflict to
take specific precautions such
as, when conducting an attack, to
verify that targets are military
objectives or to give the civilian
population an effective warning
before the attack. It can also
entail restrictions on the timing
and location of an attack.
In addition, Articles 35(3) and 55
of AP I prohibit methods and
means of warfare that cause
widespread, long-term and
is obliged to accord, protection under the
rules of international law applicable in
armed conflict, with intent to betray that
confidence”.
4. severe damage to the natural
environment.
The rules on the conduct of
hostilities also grant specific
protection to certain objects,
including cultural property and
places of worship (the 1954
Hague Convention for the
Protection of Cultural Property in
the Event of Armed Conflict; AP I,
Article 53; AP II, Article 16),
objects indispensable to the
survival of the civilian population
(AP I, Article 54; AP II, Article 14),
and “works and installations
containing dangerous forces”
(AP I, Article 56; AP II, Article 15).
Such works and installations, as
well as cultural property and civil
defence personnel and facilities,
can be identified by specific
symbols.
How is IHL implemented?
Implementation of IHL is primarily
the responsibility of States. They
must respect and ensure respect
for these rules in all
circumstances (Article 1 common
to the four Geneva Conventions).
States must adopt legislation and
regulations aimed at ensuring full
compliance with IHL. In
particular, they must enact laws
to punish the most serious
violations of the Geneva
Conventions and their Additional
Protocols – that is, violations that
amount to war crimes. States
must also adopt laws protecting
the red cross, red crescent, red
crystal and other symbols.
Other domestic implementation
measures should also be taken:
developing educational
programmes for the armed forces
and the general public; recruiting
and/or training qualified,
specialist personnel; producing
identity cards and other
5
For more information, see the
Advisory Service factsheet titled
“Penal Repression: Punishing War Crimes”
(http://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/other/
penal_repression.pdf).
documents for protected
persons, etc.
At the international level, IHL
treaties provide for certain
compliance mechanisms. These
include, in particular: the
protecting power system; the
possibility to resort to an enquiry
procedure; and the International
Humanitarian Fact-Finding
Commission, a mechanism
specifically envisaged in
Article 90 of AP I. States party to
AP I also undertake to cooperate
with the United Nations to deal
with serious violations of AP I or
of the Geneva Conventions.
Some weapons treaties,
including the APMBC, the CCW
and the CCM, provide for
reporting mechanisms aimed at
monitoring States Parties’
compliance with the obligations
deriving from these treaties.
In terms of repression of IHL
violations, the ICC is empowered
to prosecute the most serious
crimes of international concern,
including war crimes. By virtue of
the principle of complementarity
its jurisdiction is intended to come
into play only when a State is
genuinely unable or unwilling to
prosecuted alleged war criminals
over which it has jurisdiction. In
addition to the ICC, the United
Nations Security Council has
established two international
tribunals to prosecute crimes
committed during the armed
conflicts in the former Yugoslavia
and in Rwanda, including serious
violations of IHL. Mixed courts,
comprising both domestic and
international elements, have also
been put in place to address
crimes committed during certain
armed conflicts, including the
ones in Cambodia, Lebanon,
Sierra Leone and Timor-Leste.5
6
http://www.icrc.org/ihl-nat
7
For more information, see the
Advisory Service factsheet entitled
“International Humanitarian Law and
International Human Rights Law:
Additional information on
domestic implementation of IHL
measures adopted by States is
available on the ICRC’s National
Implementation Database.6
What is the difference between
humanitarian law and human
rights law?
There are similarities between
some of the rules of humanitarian
law and human rights law. And
both bodies of law strive to
protect the lives, health and
dignity of individuals. However,
these two branches of public
international law have developed
separately, have different scopes
of application, are contained in
different treaties, and are subject
to different compliance
mechanisms. In particular,
human rights law – unlike
international humanitarian law –
applies during both armed
conflict and peacetime, although
many of its provisions can be
derogated from during an armed
conflict.7
Where can more information
on IHL be found?
The ICRC’s Advisory Service on
IHL, which offers legal and
technical support to States for the
implementation of IHL, has
developed a set of factsheets on
various important IHL issues.
They are available online at:
http://www.icrc.org/eng/resource
s/documents/legal-fact-
sheet/national-implementation-
legal-fact-sheets.htm
12/2014
Similarities and differences”
(http://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/other/i
hl_and_ihrl.pdf).
5.
6. What is international humanitarian law?
International humanitarian law is a set of rules which seek, for
humanitarian reasons, to limit the
effects of armed conflict. It protects persons who are not or are no longer
participating in the hostilities
and restricts the means and methods of warfare.
International humanitarian law is also known as the law of war or the law of
armed conflict.
What is the ICRC?
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and
independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect
the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them
with assistance.
7.
8.
9. What does international humanitarian law
cover?
International humanitarian law covers two
areas:
- the protection of those who are not, or no
longer, taking part in fighting;
- restrictions on the means of warfare – in
particular weapons – and the methods of
warfare, such as military tactics.
10.
11. Journalists may lose protection by IHL, if he/she directly involved in a certain conflict.
IHL is a part of public international law.
Public international law is a broad set of treaties, customary law, principles and norms.
The framework traditionally regulated relationships only between states.
It has evolved, however, to cover a broad range of actors.
IHL is notable in this regard, as it recognizes obligations for both states and
non-state armed groups that are parties to an armedconflict.
IHL regulates activity during armed conflict and situations of occupation.
It is distinct from, and applies irrespective of, the body of law that regulates the recourse to armed
force.
This framework is known as the jus ad bellum, and is enshrined in the UN Charter.
It regulates the conditions under which force may be used,
namely in self-defense and pursuant to UN Security Council authorization.
Once there is an armed conflict IHL applies to all the parties,
whether or not a party was legally justified in using force under jus ad bellum principles.
(( http://www.ijrcenter.org/international-humanitarian-law/ ))
12. What is “protection”?
International humanitarian law protects those who do not take part in the fighting, such as civilians and medical and
religious military personnel. It also protects those who have ceased to take part, such
as wounded, shipwrecked and sick combatants, and prisoners of war.
13. These categories of person are entitled to respect for their lives and for their physical and mental integrity. They also enjoy legal
guarantees.They must be protected and treated humanely in all circumstances, with no adverse distinction.
More specifically: it is forbidden to kill or wound an enemy who surrenders or is unable to fight; the sick and wounded must be
collected and cared for by the party in whose power they find themselves. Medical personnel, supplies, hospitals and
ambulances must all be protected. Humanitarian law has therefore banned the use of many weapons, including exploding
bullets, chemical and biological weapons, blinding laser weapons and anti-personnel mines
14. Soldiers must keep away from the civilian target rather than military targets. Where is international humanitarian law to be found?
A major part of international humanitarian law is contained in the four Geneva Conventions of 1949.
Nearly every State in the world has agreed to be bound by them. The Conventions have been developed and supplemented by two further
agreements: the Additional Protocols of 1977 relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts.
15. A major part of international humanitarian law is contained in the four Geneva Conventions of 1949.
What should be done to implement the law?
Measures must be taken to ensure
respect for international humanitarian law. States have an obligation to teach its rules to their armed forces and the general
public.They must prevent violations or punish them if these nevertheless occur.
16. What restrictions are there on International humanitarian law prohibits all means and methods of
warfare which:
- fail to discriminate between those taking part in the fighting and those, such as civilians, who are not, the purpose being to protect
the civilian population, individual civilians and civilian property;
- cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering;
- cause severe or long-term damage to the environment.
17. When you (journalist) write a conflict story, you need to know thoroughly about the occurrence. Besides, you also need to write
correctly on the conflict without biased.
Customary law-
Customary international law 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
18. Mr. Jean-Yves Clemenzo, Head of Communications at the International Committee of
the Red Cross (ICRC) in Myanmar, previously spokesperson for the ICRC Eastern
Africa, explained about the responsibilities of ICRC in brief during a meeting with
some journalists at Central Hotel in Yangon