PREFACE
We have updated the organization of the Documentary Supplement to group authorities more logically according to theirpurpose. This new order more closely matches the order of instruction that our Department follows during our courses.Additionally, the change is likely to make it easier for users to find certain authorities when they are grouped together.For example, the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions are now grouped with the conventions.We have also updated the treaty chart to reflect the U.S. ratification of five treaties during the past year. Those treatiesinclude the following: the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict,expansion of scope of application of the 1980 Conventional Weapons Convention (CCW) to include non-internationalarmed conflict, Protocol III to the CCW (incendiary weapons), Protocol IV to the CCW (blinding laser weapons), andProtocol V to the CCW (explosive remnants of war).Please send your comments or suggestions to us at TJAGLCS, International and Operational Law Department, Attention:Lieutenant Colonel Harlow, 600 Massie Road, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-1781. To gain more detailed informationor to discuss an issue with the editors, contact us at either DSN 521-3310; Commercial (434) 971-3370; or john.harlow2@us.army.mil.Brian J. Bill J. Porter HarlowCAPT, JAGC, USN Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Marine CorpsCo-Editor Co-Editori