Preface 1 Abbreviations 5 Table of Cases 11 Glossary 15 Chapter 1 General Introduction: Concept; History of Development; Nature 1 1. Concept 2 1) The Concept 2 2) IHL and the Law of War or Armed Conflict 2 i) The Law of War 2 ii) The Difference, if any, between the IHL Rules in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and in the Hague Conventions of 1899 and&nbs