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Abstract War is the biggest enemy of humankind. None of the catastrophes can inflict more damage on humanity than does the war. Although war is condemned by the UN law, there are no strategic mechanisms to prevents its occurrence over time. The given article does not concentrate on any concrete war. Its main goal is to discuss the issue of preventing war. Why do states go for war? What are the reasons of war? How strong is the mechanism of peaceful solution? Where is the line between just and unjust war? Is today the world peace possible? How secure is the world today? The given article condemns all forms of war, however it admits that war is still inevitable in some instances and thus it concentrates of the humanitarian law- what was achieved, what is its current state and what may be done in the future in this respect. In a world where the great powers control everything, the factor of brute force still is on the agenda. The given article discusses the potential of the humanitarian law as a means of peaceful resolution of conflicts in future. In the process of writing the article, our country came face to face before the brutalities of war. So it would be impossible to avoid discussing this episode as well. Although fully unbiased evaluation of this event will require some time, the article will try to cover main facts and discuss the role international relations and more specifically the humanitarian law played in the 5-day war between Russia and Georgia (August 2008).

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