Essentials of the law of war. -- [1987]

Main international treaties on the law of war

Part 1. Terms of reference

Section 1.1 The law of war and armed forces

Chapter A The law of war

Chapter B Law types

Chapter C Legal position of states

Chapter D Application of the law of war

Chapter E Summary rules for non-international armed conflict

Chapter F Armed forces under the law of war

Chapter G The law of war as a code of conduct and behaviour for armed

Section 1.2 Basic categories of persons and objects

Chapter B Civilian persons

Chapter C Military objectives

Chapter D Civilian objects

Section 1.3 Specifically protected persons and objects

Chapter B Military medical service

Chapter C Civilian medical service

Chapter D Religious personnel and objects

Chapter E Civil defence

Chapter F Cultural objects and places of worship in general

Chapter G Marked cultural objects

Chapter H Works or installations containing dangerous forces

Chapter I Demilitarized zones

Section 1.4 War victims

Chapter A Prisoners of war

Chapter B Wounded, sick, Shipwrecked

Part 2. Control of armed conflict

Section 2.1 Evolution of a conflict

Chapter A Beginning of an armed conflict

Chapter B Escalation of an armed conflict

Chapter C Deescalation and end of an armed conflict

Section 2.2 Preparatory measures in peace-time

Chapter A Strategic measures

Chapter B Executive and administrative measures

Section 2.3 Control during an armed conflict

Chapter C Fundamental protection

Chapter D Basic categories of persons and objects

Chapter E Specifically protected persons and objects

Chapter F War victims

Chapter H Action of intermediaries

Chapter I Duty and action of neutral states

Section 2.4 Measures after an armed conflict

Chapter A Restoring normal conditions

Chapter B Repatriation and release of persons and objects

Chapter C Missing and dead persons

Part 3. Command responsibility

Section 3.1 General responsibility

Chapter A Overall responsibility in military operations

Chapter B Responsibility of every commander

Section 3.2 Law of war training

Chapter A Training principles

Chapter B The law of war instructor

Chapter C Main training levels and categories

Chapter D Reference documents

Chapter A Organization principles

Chapter B Operational and geographical context

Chapter C Specifically protected persons and objects

Chapter D Multinational forces and problems

Chapter E Cooperation with civilian authorities

Section 3.4 Specific circumstances

Chapter A Warfare between dissimilar forces

Chapter B Action in an unusual environment

Chapter C Unusual supply and evaluation circumstances

Part 4. Exercise of command

Section 4.1 The mission

Section 4.2 Elements for decision making

Chapter A Search for information

Chapter B Precautions required by the law of war

Chapter C Tactical siuation

Chapter D Military necessity

Section 4.3 Decision making

Chapter A Time factor

Chapter D Missions to subordinates

Chapter E Coorperation with civilian authorities

Section 4.4 Control of execution

Chapter A Control principles

Chapter B Adjustments during execution

Part 5. Conduct of operations

Section 5.1 Conduct of operations in general

Chapter A Conduct principles

Chapter B Information needed

Chapter C Means of combat

Chapter D Methods of combat

Chapter E Deception effects anticipated

Chapter F Axclution zones and similar areas

Chapter G Specifically protected objects

Chapter H Protected zones

Chapter I Cooperation with civilian authorities

Section 5.2 Conduct of attack

Section 5.3 Conduct of defence

Section 5.4 Movements and locations

Part 6. Behaviour in action

Chapter A Combat principles

Chapter B Foreign ships

Chapter C Foreign aircraft

Chapter D Exclusion zones and similar areas

Chapter F Protected zones

Chapter G Search for victims of combat

Chapter H Capture of victims of combat

Section 6.2 Captured persons and objects

Chapter A Enemy combatants

Chapter B Wounded, sick, shipwrecked

Chapter D Enemy military medical personnel

Chapter E Enemy military religious personnel

Chapter F Enemy military objects

Section 6.3 Non-hostile contacts with the enemy

Chapter A Unilateral measures

Chapter B Interruption of combat

Section 6.4 Measures of combat

Chapter A Military measures

Chapter B Cooperation with civilian authorities

Section 7.1 Conduct of transportation

Chapter A Principles for military transportation

Chapter B Separate military, medical and civilian transportation

Chapter C Joint military, medical and/or civilian transportation

Chapter D Cooperation with civilian authorities

Section 7.2 Evaluation of captured persons and objects

Chapter A Supply principles

Chapter B Medical supply

Chapter C Supply of religious objects

Section 7.4 Medical transportation

Chapter A Medical transportation principles

Chapter B Medical transportation on land

Chapter C Medical transportation at sea

Chapter D Medical transportation by air Part 8. Rear areas

Section 8.1 Logistic bases

Chapter A Logistic principles

Chapter B Military supply and maintenance bases

Chapter C Military medical service bases

Section 8.2 Treatment of captured persons and objects

Chapter B Wounded and sick

Chapter C Death of prisoners of war

Section 8.3 Civil affairs

Chapter A Cooperation with civilian authorities

Chapter B Foreign inhabitants

Chapter C Civil affairs in free foreign territory

Section 8.4 Penal affairs

Chapter A Breaches of the law of war

Chapter B Judicial proceedings

Chapter C Prosecution of prisoners of war

Chapter D Prosecution of foreign inhabitants

Section 9.1 Law of occupation

Section 9.2 Particular provisions on occupation

Chapter B Situation of the civilian population

Chapter C Movements of civilian persons

Chapter D Security measures against inhabitants

Chapter E Penal affairs

Section 9.3 Control of occupation

Chapter B Measures of the occupying power

Chapter C Measures of the authorities and inhabitants of the occupied

Section 9.4 Combat actions in occupied territory

Section 10.1 Law of neutrality

Section 10.2 Particular provisions on neutrality

Chapter A Areas of belligerent operations

Chapter B Access to neutral spece in general

Chapter C Temporary access to neutral space

Chapter D Internment of belligerent armed forces

Section 10.3 Control og neutrality

Chapter B Measures of the neutral state

Chapter C Measures of belligerent parties

Section 10.4 Combat actions in neutral space

Annex 1 Particular provisions on specific weapons

Section 3. Land mines and similar

Chapter B Conditions for permitted use

Section 4. Incendiary weapons

Section 5. Anti-ship mines

Section 1. Individual identity documents

Chapter A Identity cards

Chapter B Identity discs

Chapter D Recommended additional data on identity card

Section 2. Distinctive signs

Section 3. Distinctive signals

Chapter B Distinctive medical light signal

Chapter C Distinctive medical radio signal

Chapter D Distinctive medical radar signal

Chapter E Distinctive medical underwater acoustic signal

Chapter F Other signals

Law of war: Summary for commanders

Law of war: Rules for behaviour in action

Law of war: Training programme