San Remo Manual Hot Pursuit

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SAN REMO MANUAL HOT PURSUIT 1. International Humanitarian Law which is also known as the law of armed conflicts regulates the conducts of armed conflicts. It comprises with the treaties like Geneva Conventions-1949, Hague Conventions and Customary International Law. Although there were various amendments were done to the recent treaties regarding law of land warfare, there were no rules and regulations promulgated for armed conflicts at sea, unless with some adjustments in Additional Protocol 1-1977 done to the second Geneva conventions of 1949 about protection of wounded, sick and shipwrecked at sea. This need was raised in Resolution 7 of the International Conference of the Red Cross and it was noted that some laws should be reaffirmed and clarified on the basis of existing fundamental principles of International Humanitarian Law. However during the period of 1988-1994 a legal document was prepared regarding the application of International Humanitarian Law at sea by a group of naval and legal experts participating in a series of round table discussions. This document was named as the San Remo Manual. The name San Remo was given because its preliminary Round Table was held in San Remo in 1987 under the administration of International Law. 2. The San Remo manual consists with relevant 183 articles under various sections regarding armed conflicts at sea. So each and every state which bounds to International Humanitarian Law is also bounds to the regulations of San Remo Manual. Article No46 is the most important article which consists with precautions to be followed during a sea attack. Furthermore it is comprised with various laws and regulations regarding naval warfare like the law of self defense, regions of operations, International Straits and Sea lines, target discriminations, enemy vessels and other vessels which are exempted from the attack are stated
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