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International Humanitarian Law (IHL)

IHL – International Humanitarian Law (or laws of war, international humanitarian law of war), the body of customary and treaty law that defines the conduct and responsibility of nations at war, relative to each other and to civilians.  It includes most prominently the Geneva Conventions and the Hague Conventions, but also the 1997 Landmine Treaty.

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