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The principles of international humanitarian law (II)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 November 2010
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Alongside the rules which constitute the enacting clauses of the international Conventions and which, in precise terms, set forth the contractual obligations of States, there exist principles from which these rules derive. “Certain ideas formulated with deliberate imprecision occupy a privileged position in treaties which describe them as being creative elements of law”.
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- International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 6 , Issue 67 , October 1966 , pp. 511 - 533
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- Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1966
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See International Review, September 1966.
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