"IHL and other branches of international law" [2019] ELECD 603; in Sassoli, Marco (ed), "International Humanitarian Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 422

Book Title: International Humanitarian Law

Editor(s): Sassòli, Marco

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section: Chapter 9

Section Title: IHL and other branches of international law

Number of pages: 64

Abstract/Description:

IHL is not the only branch of international law that provides answers to humanitarian problems arising in armed conflicts. Other branches of international law equally apply during armed conflicts. Today, it is no longer possible to divide international law into the law of war and the law of peace. Indeed, many rules that were initially adopted to tackle peacetime issues also apply during armed conflicts. Any lawyer who gives advice, makes arguments or adjudicates cases concerning humanitarian problems must know all of the relevant rules of international law that apply (and not simply the IHL rule) and must also understand their interplay as well as any related controversies in order to determine the answer international law provides to a given problem.