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Some Reflections on the Future of International Humanitarian Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Hans-Peter Gasser
Hans-Peter Gasser*
Affiliation:
Legal Adviser, International Committee of the Red Cross
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The four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 for the protection of war victims and the two 1977 Additional Protocols are the written sources of modern international humanitarian law. This monumental work of some 600 articles represents an impressive investment of intellect, arduous political negotiation, financial resources and goodwill. Modern written international humanitarian law is the result of one of the greatest efforts of successive legal codifications we know of. And, of course, customary law supplements the written rules to a substantial extent.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 24 , Issue 238 , February 1984 , pp. 18 - 25
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1984

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Footnotes

1

Paper read at the Ninth Round Table on Current Problems of International Humanitarian Law, San Remo, September 1983. — The opinions expressed are those of the author.

References

1 Figures as on 31 December 1983.