| Several of the belligerents in the recent war were not parties to this Convention. |
| It should also cancel any existing sales of military equipment to possible belligerents in the war, the organisation said in a statement. |
| The customary laws of war, when adapted for conflict with unlawful belligerents, must always incorporate rules of humanitarian restraint. |
| Similar technologies are being applied within the military to subdue belligerents. |
| The laws of the Hague establish the rights and obligations incumbent on belligerents. |
| All that changed in 1918 when, like two punch-drunk boxers, the belligerents began finally to land blows which had effect. |
