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This collection of essays aim to provide an understanding of the basic nature of international human law (IHL) and how it relates to other parts of international law. The essays have been specially selected to illustrate the influences, sucesses and failures that have shaped IHL.;The book traces the theoretical basis of the principles of IHL and its development from the United Nations era to the present day, and also looks forward to the future.