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War, Factor of War and Humanitarian Law
Maia Asatiani
The University of Georgia
ar is the biggest enemy of humankind. None of the catastro-
phes can inflict more damage on humanity than does the war. Al-
though war is condemned by the UN law, there are no strategic
mechanisms to prevents its occurrence over time.  The given ar-
ticle does not concentrate on any concrete war. Its main goal is to
discuss the issue of preventing war. Why do states go for war?
What are the reasons of war? How strong is the mechanism of
peaceful solution? Where is the line between just and unjust war?
Is today the world peace possible? How secure is the world
today? The given article condemns all forms of war, however it
admits that war is still inevitable in some instances and thus it
concentrates of the humanitarian law- what was achieved, what
is its current state and what may be done in the future in this re-
spect. In a world where the great powers control everything, the
factor of brute force still is on the agenda. The given article dis-
cusses the potential of the humanitarian law as a means of peace-
ful resolution of conflicts in future. In the process of writing the
article, our country came face to face before the brutalities of war.
So it would be impossible to avoid discussing this episode as well.
Although fully unbiased evaluation of this event will require
some time, the article will try to cover main facts and discuss the
role international relations and more specifically the humanitar-
ian law played in the 5-day war between Russia and Georgia (Au-
gust 2008).
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i, omis faqtori da humanitaruli samarTali
maia asaTiani 
saqarTvelos universiteti
mi kacobriobisaTvis yvelaze didi da saSineli mteria.
veranairi ubedureba ver Seedreba im danakliss, rac oms
moaqvs msofliosaTvis. omi dagmobilia gaeros wesdebiT,
magram samwuxarod, ar aris SemuSavebuli misi Tavidan
acilebis strategiuli meqanizmebi. winamdebare naSromi ar
Semoifargleba romelime konkretuli omiT. igi istoriuli
magaliTebis safuZvelze warmoaCens omis aRmofxvris sak-
iTxs. ratom midian saxelmwifoebi omamde? ra aris misi
gamomwvevi mizezi? ramdenad Zlieria mSvidobiani gziT kon-
fliqtis mogvarebis meqanizmi? sad gadis zRvari samarTlian
da usamarTlo oms Soris? aris Tu ara dResdReobiT mSvi-
doba realuri? da ramdenad usafrTxoa msoflio? naSromSi
dagmobilia omis yvelanairi gamoxatuleba, magram amas-
Tanave, ganxilulia dResdReobiT jer kidev misi arseboba
da amitomac, Temis mTavari mizania humanitaruli samarTlis
warmoCena -  ra gakeTda, rogoria realoba da risi gakeTebaa
aucilebeli. msoflioSi, sadac “Zlierni ama qveynisani”
floben marTvis sadaveebs, raRa Tqma unda, Zala gadawyvets
yvelafers. winamdebare Temis mizania humanitaruli samar-
Tlis win wamoweva, rogorc momavalSi saerTaSoriso kon-
fliqtebis civilizebuli gzebiT mogvarebis sawindarisa.
Temaze muSaobis periodSi Cvens qveyanas didi gansacdeli
daatyda Tavs - moxda omis sisastikis aSkara gamovlineba.
SeuZlebelia gverdi avuaroT im movlenebs, rasac adgili
hqonda saqarTveloSi. didi dro iqneba saWiro am movlenaTa
obietquri Sefaseba-analizisaTvis, magram danarTis saxiT,
Temis saTauridan gamomdinare, Sevecdebi gadmovce, ra roli
iTamaSa am movlenebSi saerTaSoriso urTierTobebma da ker-
Zod, humanitarulma samarTalma.
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Introduction
The problem of war and peace remains the greatest problem of hu-
mankind from the antique times up to date. The world peace is the prerequi-
site for the economic and social progress of worldwide. Thus the world peace
is one of the basic rights of each human being. Without peace there can be no
welfare and development achieved. The issue of protecting world peace how-
ever, is closely linked to such problems as arms control and proliferation. 
According to some calculations, the world has witnessed more than
14531 wars from 3600 B.C. to these days, with the casualties reaching 3.6 bil-
lion. During all these time, there have been only 292 peaceful years in the
world. According to some scholars, today there are form 40 to 100 wars going
on in the world (Robert, 1961).
Therefore its most important to study reasons of war and the results it
may bring to the modern world. Unfortunately the war stays the main prob-
lem of the 21
st
century. However there has also been a considerable number
of instances when the conflicts were solved in accordance with the humani-
tarian law and the society should know more about this. 
The war and the law...Is it really possible to solve the conflict between the
states without the material losses and the war victims? Can law prevent wars
breaking out? What benefits can the humanitarian law bring in everyday life
or during the war? Are the Cicero’s words: “law is silent during the war” still
true? 
The article will also cover the main facts and some of the most serious
the problems humanitarian law. 
War as a means of solving international conflicts is condemned by the UN
charter. The concept of war is defined as a sequence of battles over some pe-
riod, occurring among armed forces of two or more states (or between one
state; even inside one concrete armed force) and resulting over 1000 deaths
per year. Any war is preceded by conflicts and the political tensions.
(www.un.org)
The article will use both qualitative and qualitative methods of research.
Namely among the qualitative methods here will be used, the comparative
analysis of the main theories about war; the analytic induction will be applied
to discover main factors resulting in outbreak of war. The final part of the ar-
ticle sums up the information already discussed and works out a comprehen-
sive answer to the questions given above. 
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