<sod>Alternatively, in a [[surrender at discretion]] ([[unconditional surrender]]), the victor makes no promises of treatment other than those provided by the [[laws of war|laws and customs of war]], most of which are laid out in the [[Hague Convention of 1907]] and the [[Geneva Conventions]].<ref name="What is IHL?">The Program for Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University, "IHL PRIMER SERIES | Issue #1" Accessed at http://www3.nd.edu/~cpence/eewt/IHLRI2009.pdf</ref> Normally, a [[belligerent]] will agree to surrender unconditionally only if completely incapable of continuing hostilities. Traditionally, a surrender ceremony was accompanied by the [[honours of war|honors of war]].<ref name=greenspan1969>{{cite book|last1=Greenspan|first1=Morris|title=The Soldier's Guide to the Laws of War|date=1969|publisher=Public Affairs Press|location=Washington, DC|page=10|quote=}}</ref><eod>
<sod>Alternatively, in a [[surrender at discretion]] ([[unconditional surrender]]), the victor makes no promises of treatment other than those provided by the [[laws of war|laws and customs of war]],<ref name="FryGoldstein2002">{{cite book|author1=Michael Graham Fry|author2=Erik Goldstein|author3=Richard Langhorne|title=Guide to International Relations and Diplomacy|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=m6evAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA448|date=1 December 2002|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-1-62356-603-6|pages=448–}}</ref> most of which are laid out in the [[Hague Convention of 1907]] and the [[Geneva Conventions]].<ref name="What is IHL?">The Program for Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University, "IHL PRIMER SERIES | Issue #1" Accessed at http://www3.nd.edu/~cpence/eewt/IHLRI2009.pdf</ref> Normally, a [[belligerent]] will agree to surrender unconditionally only if completely incapable of continuing hostilities. Traditionally, a surrender ceremony was accompanied by the [[honours of war|honors of war]].<ref name=greenspan1969>{{cite book|last1=Greenspan|first1=Morris|title=The Soldier's Guide to the Laws of War|date=1969|publisher=Public Affairs Press|location=Washington, DC|page=10|quote=}}</ref><eod>