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law of war

international laws concerning wars
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law of war

Summary

law of war is an area of law[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of area_of_law entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,623 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • law of war's instance of is recorded as area of law[3].
  • law of war's based on is recorded as treaty[4].
  • law of war's based on is recorded as Martens Clause[5].
  • law of war is a type of law[6].
  • law of war is part of public international law[7].
  • law of war's Commons category is recorded as Laws of war[8].
  • law of war's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Law of war[9].
  • law of war's main subject is declaration of war[10].
  • law of war's main subject is surrender[11].
  • law of war's main subject is prisoner of war[12].
  • law of war's main subject is military necessity[13].
  • law of war's main subject is distinction[14].
  • law of war's main subject is proportionality[15].
  • law of war's main subject is weapon[16].
  • law of war's described by source is recorded as Karabakh War 1988–1994[17].
  • law of war's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[18].
  • law of war's has characteristic is recorded as universal jurisdiction[19].
  • law of war's different from is recorded as war law[20].
  • law of war's different from is recorded as war bill[21].
  • law of war's has goal is recorded as limitation[22].
  • law of war's has goal is recorded as protection[23].
  • law of war's has goal is recorded as peace process[24].
  • law of war's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[25].
  • law of war's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26].
  • law of war's model item is recorded as Geneva Convention of 1864[27].

Body

Publication

law of war is part of public international law[7].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include declaration of war[10], surrender[11], prisoner of war[12], military necessity[13], distinction[14], and proportionality[15].

Why It Matters

law of war ranks in the top 6% of area_of_law entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,623 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

law treaty

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has goal → limitation, protection, peace process
    Instance of → area of law
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Law of war
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007548767305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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