International Humanitarian Law - Oxford Manual 1880

International Humanitarian Law - Treaties & Documents

Treaties & Documents by topic Treaties & Documents by date Treaties & Documents by Country 1949 Conventions & Additional Protocols, & their Commentaries		Print this page The Laws of War on Land. Oxford, 9 September 1880. Article [Display Introduction] [Display Full text] [Display articles] Part I : General principles Art. 4. The laws of war do not recognize in belligerents an unlimited liberty as to the means of injuring the enemy. They are to abstain especially from all needless severity, as well as from all perfidious, unjust, or tyrannical acts.
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