Perlindungan Korban Perang Laut Menurut Konvensi Jenewa dan Hukum Islam

Abstract

The Second Geneva Convention of 1949 concerning the Improvement of the Condition of Wounds, Sick and Victims of the Armed Forces in the Sea, is an improvement over the Hague Convention of 1907 on the same matter. The Hague Convention of 1907 concerning the protection and improvement of the fate of victims of land warfare in conditions of war at sea. Whereas in Islamic law, sea warfare was underestimated by Islamic jurists. The lack of attention shows, that at the beginning of the growth of Islam, moslems have not realized that the sea is important, and perhaps more importantly caused Islamic power does not cover the sea, but only applies on land. Therefore they depend on qiyas rules about land warfare or the customs of other nations that has been recognized.

Keywords: Protection of Victims of the Sea War, Geneva Conventions, Islamic law