Is there any international law that limits the effects of armed conflicts and establish what can and cannot be done in an armed conflict ?
International Humanitarian Law (IHL) applies
International Humanitarian Law (IHL), also called the law of armed conflict or the law of war, is the body of international law that seeks, for humanitarian reasons, to limit the effects of armed conflict. It protects people who are not or are no longer taking part in hostilities and restricts the means and methods of warfare.
Its main sources are the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols of 1977 and 2005, the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, treaties banning particular weapons, and customary international law. It applies in both international and non-international armed conflicts and binds all parties to a conflict, whatever the cause of the war.
Saying no such laws exist is wrong, since IHL is codified in widely ratified treaties. The saying that all is fair in war is rejected by IHL, which places limits even on lawful combat. IHL is not a body of UN laws of war; it grew out of treaties among states and the work of the ICRC, quite separate from the UN.
International Humanitarian Law (IHL) applies option is correct.
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