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IHL

IHL is the initialism of international humanitarian law.

IHL is the initialism of International Hockey League.

Meaning of international humanitarian law

Noun

international humanitarian law (uncountable)

  1. (international law) the law which regulates the conduct of armed conflict.
    Synonyms:
    jus in bello, law of armed conflict, law of war

Questions about IHL

What is IHL the initialism of?
IHL is the initialism of international humanitarian law.

Words near IHL in the dictionary

  1. IHEs
  2. IHEU
  3. IHH
  4. IHHs
  5. Ihitha
  6. IHL
  7. ihlang-ihlang
  8. Ihlat
  9. Ihlats
  10. Ihle
  11. ihleite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: IHL (page history and authors); international humanitarian law (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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