Military action: Parliament’s role
House of Commons Library briefing paper published in 2026 on the website of the UK Parliament. The paper examines the legislative and parliamentary procedures for authorising military engagement of British troops.
House of Commons Library briefing paper published in 2026 on the website of the UK Parliament. The paper examines the legislative and parliamentary procedures for authorising military engagement of British troops.
Part of the Avalon Project at Yale University Law School, providing free access to treaties and agreements concerned with war. The collection starts with the 1856 Declaration of Paris and goes up to the 1970s; it consists mainly of the Geneva Conventions and documentation from the Hague Conferences of 1899 and 1907. The documents can be browsed chronologically, or searched by key word.