BASIC PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW AS CRITERIA FOR PLANNING AND CONDUCTING MILITARY OPERATIONS

Abstract

War invariably accompanies the development of human civilization. As a result of the progress of society, humanitarian ideas appear, and as a direct consequence of this process, international humanitarian law arises and develops. The article examines the principles as a means of justification in the application of the norms of international humanitarian law, which have always been and remain criteria by which the legality of the means to achieve the desired end state is judged.