Content:
Part I. The principle of distinction
- Distinction between Civilians and Combatants (1 – 6)
- Distinction between Civilian Objects and Military Objectives (7 – 10)
- Indiscriminate Attacks (11 – 13)
- Proportionality in Attack (14)
- Precautions in Attack (15 – 21)
- Precautions against the Effects of Attacks (22 – 24)
Part II. Specifically protected persons and objects
- Medical and Religious Personnel and Objects (25 – 30)
- Humanitarian Relief Personnel and Objects (31 – 32)
- Personnel and Objects Involved in a Peacekeeping Mission (33)
- Journalists (34)
- Protected Zones (35 – 37)
- Cultural Property (38 – 41)
- Works and Installations Containing Dangerous Forces (42)
- The Natural Environment (43 – 45)
Part III. Specific methods of warfare
- Denial of Quarter (46 – 48)
- Destruction and Seizure of Property (49 – 52)
- Starvation and Access to Humanitarian Relief (53 – 56)
- Deception (57 – 65)
- Communication with the Enemy (66 – 69)
Part IV. Use of weapons
- General Principles on the Use of Weapons (70 – 71)
- Poison (72)
- Biological Weapons (73)
- Chemical Weapons (74 -76)
- Expanding Bullets (77)
- Exploding Bullets (78)
- Weapons Primarily Injuring by Non-detectable Fragments (79)
- Booby-Traps (80)
- Landmines (81 – 83)
- Incendiary Weapons (84 – 85)
- Blinding Laser Weapons (86)
Part V. Treatment of civilians and persons hors de combat
- Fundamental Guarantees (87 – 105)
- Combatants and Prisoner-of-War Status (106 – 108)
- The Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked (109 – 111)
- The Dead (112 – 116)
- Missing Persons (117)
- Persons Deprived of Their Liberty (118 – 128)
- Displacement and Displaced Persons (129 – 133)
- Other Persons Afforded Specific Protection (134 – 138)
Part VI. Implementation
- Compliance with International Humanitarian Law (139 – 143)
- Enforcement of International Humanitarian Law (144 – 148)
- Responsibility and Reparation (149 – 150)
- Individual Responsibility (151 – 155)
- War Crimes (156 – 161)
