ABSTRACT
THE LAWS OF WAR (JUS IN BELLO): INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW International lawyers have always been concerned as much with the conduct of states during war as with their relations in time of peace. Indeed, authors of the classics in law gave priority in space and attention to the conduct of hostile relations among nations, a practice justified by the “normality” of such relations, compared with the relative abnormality of peace among the states of Europe. In contemporary form, the jus in bello has transformed into international humanitarian law (IHL). The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) provides a concise summary:1
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.
