THE RESPONSIBILITY OF STATES FROM VIOLATIONS OF HUMANITARIAN LAW RULES

Both the law of war and the responsibility of the states are important issues in international law. The state s responsibility due to abuse of the law of war, where these two issues meet, has also serious importance as well, because of the rights which it protects and on the ground that it is a controversial subject. The law of war, which shall be followed during the war time and serves to the aim that the war is to be carried out in accordance with humanitarian law rules, consists of rules which come into existence because of huge losses and destructions as a result of two great world war and make progress. However, it is hard to argue that every war is carried out under these rules. As seen in today’s armed conflicts, it is inevitable that civilians get hurt in such cases. It is a sanction for the violations of the rules of the law of war to hold the state responsible based on the acts committed against civilians and under certain circumstances non civilians. But, there are controversial subjects whether the state is responsible and the scope of the responsibility and where it ends when the state is responsible.