International humanitarian law (IHL) is a part of international law that governs relations between states. IHL intended to limit the effects of armed conflict. Its purpose is to protect persons not or no longer taking part in hostilities, the sick and wounded, prisoners and civilians, as well as to set up the rights and obligations of parties to the conflict in the conduct of military operations. The core of IHL are the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols of 1977 and 2005. According to many experts, our country has created a legal framework, which is broadly in line with the letter and spirit of international instruments. For understandable circumstances in April 1993, Moldova joined the majority of normative-legal acts of international humanitarian law. However, this does not mean that during the armed conflict humanitarian law was ignored. The conclusion based on my experience, communication with former combatants and the study of available print, photo and video materials. Evidence of this: a smaller number of dead and missing persons compared to other regional conflicts in the former USSR, examples of hostilities suspension to help the wounded and to deliver the dead from the battlefield, the exchange of prisoners of war, the ability to care for the wounded. In the medical institutions of Tiraspol, Chisinau, Anenii Noi assisted and treated fighters opposing sides, though not without cases of humiliation and pressure on them from „their” doctors and the wounded, which, however, is psychologically understandable.