Abbreviations

1899 Hague Regulations

Regulations Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land annexed to the Convention (II) with Respect to the Laws and Customs of War on Land of 1899

1907 Hague Regulations

Regulations Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land annexed to Convention (IV) Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land of 1907

1949 Geneva Conventions

The Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949

1977 Additional Protocol I

Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I) of 8 June 1977

Brussels Project

1874 Brussels Conference: Project of an International Declaration concerning the Laws and Customs of War of 27 August 1874 (available at: http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/FULL/135?OpenDocument)

ed(s).

editor(s)

EJIL

European Journal of International Law

et al.

et alii (and others)

etc.

et cetera

First Geneva Convention

Geneva Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field of 12 August 1949

Fourth Geneva Convention

Geneva Convention (IV) Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949

GYIL

German Yearbook of International Law

Ibid.

Ibidem

ICJ

International Court of Justice

ICTY

International Criminal Tribunal fort he former Yugoslavia

IHL

international humanitarian law

IRRC

International Revue of the Red Cross

Lieber Code

Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field of 24 April 1863

Oxford Manual

Oxford Manual on the Laws of War on Land of 9 September 1880

p.

page

para(s).

paragraph(s)

pp.

pages

Rome Statute

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court of 17 July 1998

TC

Trial Chamber

UK

United Kingdom

US

United States of America

Vol.

Volume