Table of Contents

Legality of war and the law of armed conflict; history and sources of the law of armed conflict; international and non-international armed conflict; hostilities - their commencement, effects and termination; inter-belligerent relations; lawful combatants; conduct of hostilities - land; conduct of hostilities - maritime; conduct of hostilities - air; prisoners of war; the wounded, sick and shipwrecked; civilians; the protecting power; civil defence; rights and duties of the occupying power; rights and duties of neutrals; prevention of breaches and supervision of conduct; war crimes and grave breaches; the law and non-international conflicts; United Nations operations; basic rules of the law of armed conflict.