INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW: INITIAL STAGE AND DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS
The features of the initial stage of the development of international humanitarian law (XIX century) are revealed as a reaction of the public of many countries to the innocent victims and destruction of wars and other armed conflicts. The content of the first international acts in this area, the role of Russia in this process is revealed. The problems associated with the fact that humanitarian law, despite its development over the past century and a half, are not yet able to stop wars, which still occupy a significant place in the study and evaluation of world history, while this should be done first of all on the achievements of science and technology, culture, education, sports, art and other areas of human activity.