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cOnclusiOns
To sum up, unfortunately International Law cannot stop war at this stage – nor internal
law crime. They have managed though to restrict considerable the consequences. During the
recent conflicts although crimes recorded, governments and military administrations took to
court all accused of war crimes, and this is a consoling fact. Humanity has great expectations
from the International Crime Court. The ex – Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr.
Kofi Annan had described its establishment as a moment of great hope and a huge step for
justice . Let’s hope that a similar step will be repeated. We all have to help towards this
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direction by exciting people’s interest, promoting the knowledge of this important part of
International Law as well as imposing its strict enforcement in time of war.

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that they are binding on the parties only so long as both sides continue to comply with them. č major vio-
lation by one side will release the other side from all further duty to abide by that obligation. The concept
of reciprocity is not applicable to humanitarian rules of law that protect the victims of armed conflict, that
is, those persons protected by the 1949 Geneva Conventions. The decision to consider the United States
released from a particular obligation following a major violation by the enemy will ordinarily be made by
the National Command Authorities (NCA).
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