In this section, past and current IHL practice is divided into legal topics and sub-topics.
Topics
- Armed groups
 - Applicability of IHL
 - Combatants and POWs
 - Medical personnel, facilities and transports
 - Wounded, sick and shipwrecked
 - Civilian population
 - Civilian objects
 - Occupation
 - Conduct of hostilities
 - Naval and air warfare
 - Non-international armed conflict
 - Implementation mechanisms
 - State responsibility
 - Criminal repression
 - IHL and human rights
 - Humanitarian assistance