The origins of International Humanitarian Law

Occupation: leading researcher, Acting Scientific Secretary
Affiliation: Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Alexander I. Chuchaev

Occupation: Chief researcher of the Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminology Sector of the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Journal name

Gosudarstvo i pravo

Edition

Issue 6

Pages

131-141

Abstract

The article shows the reasons and reasons for the adoption of three acts that formed the basis of the nascent International Humanitarian Law: The Convention on Improving the Fate of Wounded and Sick Soldiers during the Land war, which determined the so-called Geneva direction of the development of the law of war; instructions to the field troops of the United States and the Declaration on the Prohibition of the Use of Explosive Bullets, who laid the foundation of the “Hague law”. The content of these acts is disclosed and their significance for the further development of the law of international conflicts is determined.

Keywords

International Humanitarian Law, the law of war, A. Gentili, G.I. Solntsev, Henri Dunant, improvement of the fate of wounded and sick soldiers, the Lieber Code, prohibition of the use of explosive bullets

Received

11.05.2022

Publication date

20.06.2022

Number of characters

42867

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GOST	Butrim I., Chuchaev A. The origins of International Humanitarian Law // Gosudarstvo i pravo – 2022. – Issue 6 C. 131-141 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://gospravo-journal.ru/S102694520020479-7-1 (circulation date: 04.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S102694520020479-7
MLA	Butrim, Igor, Chuchaev, Alexander I "The origins of International Humanitarian Law." Gosudarstvo i pravo 6 (2022):131-141. DOI: 10.31857/S102694520020479-7
APA	Butrim I., Chuchaev A. (2022). The origins of International Humanitarian Law. Gosudarstvo i pravo (6), pp.131-141 DOI: 10.31857/S102694520020479-7

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