Non-hostile intercourse

1. Flag of truce – indicates desire to communicate with the enemy

2. Cartels -agreements to regulate intercourse during the war
3. Passport – permission to travel
4. Safe-conduct – permission to an enemy vessel allowing passage between defined points
5. Safeguard – protection granted by a commanding officer
6. License to trade – permission to carry on trade

Suspension of hostilities

1. Suspension of arms – temporary cessation of hostilities

2. Armistice – suspension within certain area or region
3. Ceasefire – unconditional stoppage of all hostilities, ordered by international body
4. Truce – conditional ceasefire for political purposes
5. Capitulation – surrender of military forces

Postliminium – revival or reversion to the old laws and sovereignty of territory

Uti possidetis- allows retention of property or territory in the belligerent’s actual possession at the time of the cessation of hostilities

War crimes- acts for which soldiers or other individuals may be punished by the enemy on capture of the offender

Neutrality – non participation in a war between contending belligerents, applicable in wartime

Neutralization- result of a treaty where the conditions of the status are agreed upon, applicable in peace and wartime

Non- belligerency- status of a State which did not take part in military operations but which did not obseve the duties of a neutral