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Resolution adopted by the NATO Parliamentary Assembly on 15 November 1999 concerning the armed intervention in Kosovo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2010

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Abstract

Respecting and Ensuring Respect for International Humanitarian Law

The Assembly,

Commending NATO's decision to intervene to stop massive human rights violations in Kosovo;

Appreciating the contribution of the countries in the region of South-Eastern Europe — members of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council — to this intervention;

Stressing that the use of force has long been subject to restraints under international humanitarian law (IHL), and praising the Government of the Netherlands for its role in the adoption of the pioneering Hague Conventions on the laws of war in 1899 and 1907;

Type
Faits et documents/Reports and documents
Information
International Review of the Red Cross , Volume 82 , Issue 837: The Kosovo crisis and international humanitarian law/La crise du Kosovo et le driot international humanitaire , March 2000 , pp. 263 - 264
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 2000

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References

1 1999 Annual Session, Amsterdam, 15 November 1999, Committee Resolution; http://www.naa.be/publications/resolutions/99CC-res248.html — See also NATO and Humanitarian Intervention, Plenary Resolution adopted the same day; http://www.naa.be/publications/resolutions/99as-res319-e.html