Editing Armistice (section)

== International law ==
Under [[international law]], an armistice is a legal agreement (often in a document) that ends fighting between the "belligerent parties" of a war or conflict.<ref>[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/hague02.asp Hague Convention of 1899] specifically, Laws of War: Laws and Customs of War on Land (Hague II); 29 July 1899; Chapter V.</ref> At the [[Hague Convention of 1899]], three [[treaties]] were agreed and three declarations made. The ''[[Convention with respect to the Laws and Customs of War on Land]]'' stated, "If [the armistice's] duration is not fixed," the parties may resume fighting (Article 36) as they choose but with proper notifications. That is in comparison to a "fixed duration" armistice in which the parties may renew fighting only at the end of the particular fixed duration. When the belligerent parties say in effect that "this armistice completely ends the fighting" without any end date for the armistice, the duration of the armistice is fixed in the sense that no resumption of the fighting is allowed at any time. For example, the Korean Armistice Agreement calls for a "ceasefire and armistice" and has the "objective of establishing an armistice which will ensure a complete cessation of hostilities and of all acts of armed force in Korea until a final peaceful settlement is achieved."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.findlaw.com/cnn/docs/korea/kwarmagr072753.html|title=FindLaw: Korean War Armistice Agreement: July 27, 1953|website=news.findlaw.com}}</ref>