International Humanitarian Law

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International humanitarian law

Eurovoc reference

c_54f7dd1f International humanitarian law

Related concepts

• Human rights
• International human rights law
• Protection of freedoms
• Charter on human rights
• Humanitarian aid
• International voluntary worker
• Aid to disaster victims
• Aid to refugees

Alternative Concepts

• IHL
• Jus in bello
• Law in war

Definition

A set of rules that seeks to limit the effects of armed conflict on civilians. This law defines the right to receive humanitarian assistance, protection of civilians including medical and humanitarian workers, and the protection rights of refugees, prisoners and the wounded and sick. Source: European Commission. Available at: <a href=

Other Languages

• Spanish: Derecho internacional humanitario
• French: Droit international humanitaire
• German: Humanitäres Völkerrecht
• Italian: Diritto internazionale umanitario
• Portuguese: Direito internacional humanitário
• Polish: Mi&eogon;dzynarodowe prawo humanitarne

Properties and Values of International humanitarian law

• URI https://en.legalthesaurus.org/international-humanitarian-law/
• skos:Concept: https://en.legalthesaurus.org/international-humanitarian-law/

Preferred lexical labels

• skos:prefLabel: International humanitarian law (en) (USE)
• Term in other languages: see above

Generic concepts

• skos:broader: See above (GT)
• skos:hasTopConcept: See above (Areas)

Specific concepts

• skos:narrower: See the specific concepts above (ST)

Related concepts

• skos:related: see the associative relationships above (RT)
• skos:related: related (other related concepts)

Alternative lexical labels

• skos:altLabel: see the alternative concepts above (UF)
• skos:altLabel: synonym (S)
• skos:altLabel: look up International humanitarian law abbreviations and acronyms (A)

Documentation notes

• skos:scopeNote: this concept on International humanitarian law defines the activities of International humanitarian law (en)
• skos:editorialNote: Editorial Note on International humanitarian law (EN)
• skos:notation: Notation on International humanitarian law: see reference Eurovoc (N)
• skos:definition: International humanitarian law definition:
• skos:example: example of International humanitarian law usage:

Thematic indexing

• dct:subject: https://lawin.org/international-humanitarian-law/
• Definitions: See the meaning(s) of International humanitarian law
• Search the digital platform (S)

Other general information

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