A Manual of International Humanitarian Laws is a basicmanual for military leadership, senior officials in navy, airforce, army,police, judges, lawyers, jurists, Non-state entities (rebel outfits), media,university and laws school professors and students in universities in India,South Asia and abroad. The selection is one of the best so far in thediscipline. The character of armed conflicts (read also war) has changed after1990s; however, humanitarian laws regulate conduct of belligerants, restrict andlimit means and methods of warfare in the 21st century, protect civilians, noncombatants, hors de combat and other protected persons. The work dwells upon thelaw and Conventions, Enforcement and Accountability, the Perspectives of theHumanitarian Laws- Geneva, the Hague and the UN laws and the trend.