Hague Peace Conferences and their Impact on Law of War on Land Cover Image

Hagos taikos konferencijos ir jų įtaka tarptautinei sausumos karo teisei
Hague Peace Conferences and their Impact on Law of War on Land

Author(s): Justinas Žilinskas
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, International Law, Military history, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Lietuvos teisės institutas

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the classical questions of Hague Law of War, namely but not limited: classic combatant concept, Marten‘s clause and classic understanding of occupatio bellica. The content of these concepts is revealed by looking at travaux preparatoire of the Hague Peace Conferences (1899 and 1907) as well as at normative texts and their subsequent interpretation in legal writings. It is noted that classic Hague Law of War merely fixed the existing legal status quo than developed the law of war which resulted into applicability problems during non-classic situations that happended in the middle of XXth century closely related to the Second World War. Despite of historical significance Hague Law issues are also of particularly importance to evaluation of situation of Lithuania during 1940 – 1990 Nazi and Soviet occupation.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 63 (1)
  • Page Range: 25-53
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Lithuanian