The laws of armed conflicts : a collection of conventions, resolutions, and other documents / edited by Dietrich Schindler and Jiří Toman.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Explanatory notes -- List of reproduced documents in chronological order -- Abbreviations -- I. GENERAL RULES CONCERNING THE CONDUCT OF HOSTILITIES -- 1. Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field. Prepared by Francis Lieber, promulgated as General Orders No. 100 by President Lincoln, 24 April 1863 -- Section I. Martial Law -- Military jurisdiction -- Military necessity -- Retaliation

Section II. Public and private property of the enemy -- Protection of persons, and especially of women, of religion, the arts and sciences -- Punishment of crimes against the inhabitants of hostile countriesSection III. Deserters -- Prisoners of war -- Hostages -- Booty on the battlefield -- Section IV. Partisans -- Armed enemies not belonging to the hostile army -- Scouts -- Armed prowlers -- War-rebels -- Section V. Safe-conduct -- Spies -- War-traitors -- Captured messengers -- Section VI. Exchange of prisoners -- Flags of truce -- Abuse of the flag of truce -- Flags of protection

Section VII. ParoleSection VIII. Armistice -- Capitulation -- Section IX. Assassination -- Section X. Insurrection -- Civil war -- Rebellion -- 2. Brussels Conference of 1874 -- I. Final Protocol. Signed at Brussels, 27 August 1874 -- II. Project of an International Declaration concerning the Laws and Customs of War -- 3. The Laws of War on Land. Manual published by the Institute of International Law (Oxford Manual). Adopted by the Institute of International Law at Oxford, 9 September 1880 -- Preface -- Part I. General principles

Part II. Application of general principlesPart III. Penal sanction -- 4. Final Act of the International Peace Conference. Signed at The Hague, 29 July 1899 -- 5. Final Act of the Second International Peace Conference. Signed at The Hague, 18 October 1907 -- 6. Convention (III) relative to the Opening of Hostilities. Signed at The Hague, 18 October 1907 -- Purpose of Convention -- Plenipotentiaries -- Notice of commencing hostilities -- Notice to neutral Powers -- Effect on contracting Powers -- Ratification -- Deposit at The Hague -- Certified copies to Powers

Non-signatory Powers may adhereNotification of Intent -- Communication to other Powers -- Effect of ratification -- Denunciation -- Notifying Power only affected -- Register of ratifications -- Signing -- Deposit of original -- 7. Convention (II) with Respect to the Laws and Customs of War on Land. Signed at The Hague, 29 July 1899 -- 8. Convention (IV) respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land. Signed at The Hague, 18 October 1907 -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Purpose of Convention -- Plenipotentiaries -- Instructions to armed land forces -- Powers bound

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