Présentation - Amsterdam Draft Convention 1938

i n t r o d u c t i o n

Draft Convention for the Protection of Civilian Populations Against New Engines of War. Amsterdam, 1938.

Forum of adoption

Fortieth Session of the International Law Association.

This draft convention, which was prepared by a committee of the International Law Association and approved in principle by the Fortieth Conference of the Association in 1938, represents one of the notable instances of the efforts of the interwar period to define and improve the protection of the civilian population in armed conflict. Its main object was the establishment of safety zones for certain non-combatant classes of the population.

Meetings of forum

29.08.1938 - 02.09.1938, Amsterdam

Number of articles

Authentic text

English; French

Source

D.Schindler and J.Toman, The Laws of Armed Conflicts, Martinus Nihjoff Publisher, 1988, pp.223-229.

Keywords

PROTECTION; CIVILIAN; WAR VICTIM; CONDUCT OF THE HOSTILITIES; METHOD OF COMBAT; MEANS OF COMBAT; INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICT; BOMBARDMENT; PROTECTED ZONE; USE OF WEAPONS; WEAPON; PROHIBITION; CHEMICAL WEAPON; INCENDIARY WEAPON; BIOLOGICAL WEAPON; WEAPON CAUSING SUPERFLUOUS INJURY; INDISCRIMINATE WEAPON; PROTECTION AGAINST THE EFFECTS OF HOSTILITIES