Written by Brieuc Perrin

The McGill manual follows the same path as the San Remo manual on international law applicable to armed conflict at sea and sets out 52 rules under the work of 80 legal experts from around the world (civilian and military). It carries no official and almost no legal force and is to be considered a doctrinal work aimed at influencing decision-making at the military or civilian level (Cassandra Steer). They published this project to provide guidelines for any future legal work and tried to create a similar set of rules as the ones already developed on air, sea and cyberwarfare.