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Japanese Red Cross Society: The Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols as a cornerstone of peace-loving Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Sumio Adachi*
Affiliation:
Former professor at the National Defence Academy of Japan

Extract

International humanitarian law is, so to speak, a legal measure for moral enforcement which in turn bridges the gap between law and politics. It prescribes minimum duties of contending parties in case of an international or non-international armed conflict.

Type
Tenth Anniversary of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions (1977-1987)
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1987

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Footnotes

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The views expressed herein are presented by the author in his personal capacity.