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21 Mil. L. & L. War Rev. 201 (1982)
Armed Forces and the Development of the Law of War

handle is hein.journals/mllwr21 and id is 207 raw text is: ARMED FORCES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAW OF WAR by Lieutenant Colonel A.P.V. ROGERS Assistant Director Army Legal Services International Law & Training (United Kingdom) 1. - General Topics Background. Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 was opened for signature in December 1977 after three years of intensive negotiations at the diplomatic conference. The Protocol has been signed, but not yet ratified, by the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom is working towards ratification in due course in consultation with her allies and when the necessary legislation and amendments to military manuals have been prepared. Impact of Protocol I. The Protocol brings up to date the Hague Rules of 1907 as well as the Geneva Conventions of 1949, it codifies principles of customary law and introduces new rules. Many examples can be given, but the following should suffice to illustrate this process. Article 23(e) of the Hague Rules prohibited the use of arms (( propre h causer des maux superflus. >) This was translated in the English version of the text to read (( it is especially forbidden... to employ arms, projectiles, or material calculated to cause unnecessary suffering. )) Superfluous injury and unnecessary suffering are two quite different concepts but they have now both been embodied in Article 35 of Protocol I which prohibits the use of weapons, projectiles and material and methods of warfare of a nature to cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering.

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