Historical and Legal Aspects of Formation and Development of the Principle of Protection of Civilian Objects in Armed Conflicts

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the historical and legal analysis of issues and the development of one of the special (branch) of the principles of international humanitarian law ‒ the principle of protection of civilian objects in armed conflicts. The author develops her analysis and examines the formation of the protection of civilian objects in the context of direct public international law taking into consideration international agreements, existing opinions of philosophers, historians, scholars of international affairs.The article describes current contribution of the international community in progressive development of rules on the protection of civilian objects in armed conflicts, but also focuses on the conflict in Libya from the position of violations of the protection of civilians and civilian targets by NATO.

Keywords

• international humanitarian law
• the principle of international humanitarian law of armed conflict
• protection of civilian objects
• cultural values
• development of standards