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7 - Humanitarianism in Chinese Traditional Military Ethics and International Humanitarian Law Training in the People’s Liberation Army

from Part II - Development of International Humanitarian Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2019

By
Ru Xue
Edited by
Suzannah Linton ,
Tim McCormack  and
Sandesh Sivakumaran
Suzannah Linton
Affiliation:
Zhejiang Gongshang University, China
Tim McCormack
Affiliation:
University of Tasmania
Sandesh Sivakumaran
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
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Summary

In 1949, the four Geneva Conventions (Geneva Conventions) on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) were adopted. Coincidentally in the same year, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) was founded. The PRC ratified the four conventions in 1956 and their two Additional Protocols in 1983. The duty to implement these treaties lies mainly with the State parties. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) plays an important role in the PRC’s fulfilment of its treaty obligation under the Geneva Conventions in both peace and war time. The subject of this chapter is to examine, in the case of PLA of China, the practical implementation of IHL and the inherent humanitarian spirit in Chinese traditional military ethics on which the philosophy of IHL is based.

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Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law , pp. 93 - 106
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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