Principles of Protecting Civilians in Armed Confiicts in the System of International Humanitarian Law
The article deals with determining the place of the principles of human rights protection in armed confiicts in international humanitarian law. The author emphasizes their fundamental importance and considers their legal and regulatory content based on the analysis of the international Hague and Geneva Conventions regulating legal relations during armed confiicts. The article emphasizes that all states should implement the norms of international treaties protecting human rights in armed confiicts into the national legislation and create all conditions for their effective application. In spite of the problem of implementing the principles of protecting human rights in armed confiicts the author believes that their improvement will continue thus contributing to the codication of this branch in international humanitarian law.