Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 November 2010
1 note page 76 By “international humanitarian law applicable in armed conflicts” the ICRC means international rules, established by treaties or custom, which are specifically intended to solve humanitarian problems directly arising from international or non-international armed conflicts and which, for humanitarian reasons, limit the right of parties to a conflict to use the methods and means of warfare of their choice or protect persons and property that are, or may be, affected by conflict. The expression “international humanitarian law applicable in armed conflicts” is often abbreviated to “international humanitarian law” or “humanitarian law”.
1 page note 77 See article I common to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and article I, para. 1 of their additional Protocol I.
1 page note 80 Convention I, art. 52; II, art. 53; III, art. 132; IV, art. 149. (A similar provision was introduced in 1929 in the Convention relating to the wounded and sick.)