Law of Armed Conflict
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Geneva
Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick
in Armed Forces in the Field,
75 U.N.T.S. 31, entered into force
Oct. 21, 1950.
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Geneva
Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and
Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea,
75 U.N.T.S. 85, entered
into force Oct. 21, 1950.
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Geneva
Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War,
75 U.N.T.S.
135, entered into force Oct. 21, 1950.
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Geneva
Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War,
75 U.N.T.S. 287, entered into force Oct. 21, 1950.
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Protocol
Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to
the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I),
1125 U.N.T.S. 3, entered into force Dec. 7, 1978.
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Protocol
Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to
the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol
II),
1125 U.N.T.S. 609, entered into force Dec. 7, 1978.
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| Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the adoption of an additional distinctive emblem (Protocol III), Dec. 8, 2005. |
| Hague Conventions |
Resolutions
of the Geneva International Conference,
Geneva, October 26-29, 1863. |
Convention
for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the
Field,
18 Martens Nouveau Recueil (ser. 1) 607, 129 Consol. T.S. 361,
entered into force June 22, 1865.
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Additional
Articles relating to the Condition of the Wounded in War,
18 Martens
Nouveau Recueil (ser.1) 612, 138 Consol. T.S. 189.
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Declaration
Renouncing the Use, in Time of War, of certain Explosive Projectiles,
18 Martens Nouveau Recueil (ser. 1) 474, 138 Consol. T.S. 297, entered
into force November 29/December 11, 1868.
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Project
of an International Declaration Concerning the Laws and Customs of War,
Aug. 27, 1874, 4 Martens Nouveau Recueil (ser. 2) 219, 65 BRIT. FOREIGN
& ST. PAPERS 1005 (1873-74). |
The
Laws of War on Land,
Manual published by the Institute of International
Law (Oxford Manual), Adopted by the Instutute of International Law at
Oxford, September 9, 1880. |
Final
Act Of the International Peace Conference,
26 Martens Nouveau Recueil
(ser. 2) 258.
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Declaration
(XIV) Prohibiting the Discharge of Projectiles and Explosives from Balloons,
The Hague, 3 Martens Nouveau Recueil (ser. 3) 745, 205 Consol. T.S. 403,
entered into force Nov. 27, 1909.
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Final
Protocol to the Naval Conference of London,
208 Consol. T.S. 338 (1909).
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Declaration
concerning the Laws of Naval War,
208 Consol. T.S. 338 (1909).
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Additional
Protocol to the Convention relative to the Establishment of an International
Prize Court,
7 Marten Nouveau Recueil (ser. 3) 73, 212 Consol. T.S.
173 (1910).
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Manual
of the Laws of Naval War,
Oxford, Adopted by the International Institute
of International Law, August 9, 1913. |
Treaty
relating to the Use of Submarines and Noxious Gases in Warfare, Washington,
25 L.N.T.S. 202 (1922).
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Rules
concerning the Control of Wireless Telegraphy in Time of War and Air Warfare,
Drafted by a Commission of Jurists at the Hague,
December 1922 - February
1923.
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Protocol
for the Prohibition of the Use of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases,
and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare,
Geneva, 94 L.N.T.S. 65,
entered into force Feb. 8, 1928.
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Convention
on Duties and Rights of States in the Event of Civil Strife,
134 L.N.T.S.
45, entered into force May 21, 1929. |
Convention
on Maritime Neutrality,
135 L.N.T.S. 187, entered into force
Jan. 21, 1931.
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Final
Act of the Diplomatic Conference,
Geneva, July 27, 1929.
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Convention
for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armies
in the Field,
118 L.N.T.S. 303, entered into force June 19,
1931.
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Convention
relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War,
118 L.N.T.S. 343, entered
into force June 19, 1931.
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Treaty
for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armaments,
(Part IV, Art.
22, relating to submarine warfare), 112 L.N.T.S. 65, entered into
force Dec. 31, 1930.
Japanese
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| First
draft Convention adopted in Monaco (Sanitary cities and localities),
July 27, 1934. |
Draft
International Convention on the Condition and Protection of Civilians
of enemy nationality who are on territory belonging to or occupied by
a belligerent,
Tokyo, 1934. |
Treaty
on the Protection of Artistic and Scientific Institutions and Historic
Monuments (Roerich Pact),
167 L.N.T.S. 289, entered into force
Aug. 26, 1935.
Russian
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Procès-verbal
relating to the Rules of Submarine Warfare set forth in Part IV of the
Treaty of London of 22 April 1930,
173 L.N.T.S. 353, entered into
force Nov. 6, 1936.
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The
Nyon Agreement,
181 L.N.T.S. 137, entered into force Sept.
14, 1937.
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Agreement
supplementary to The Nyon Agreement,
181 L.N.T.S. 137, entered
into force Sept. 17, 1937.
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Draft
Convention for the Protection of Civilian Populations Against New Engines
of War,
Amsterdam, 1938. |
Agreement
for the Prosecution and Punishment of the Major War Criminals of the European
Axis, and Charter of the International Military Tribunal,
82 U.N.T.S.
280, entered into force Aug. 8, 1945.
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Affirmation
of the Principles of International Law Recognized by the Charter of
the Nürnberg Tribunal,
G.A. Res. 95 (I), U.N. GAOR, 1st Sess., pt.
2, at 1144, U.N. Doc. A/236 (1946).
Russian |
Convention
(IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War,
75 U.N.T.S. 287, entered into force Oct. 21, 1950.
Russian
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Resolutions
of the Diplomatic Conference,
75 U.N.T.S. 21, Aug. 12, 1949. |
Principles
of International Law Recognized in the Charter of the Nüremberg Tribunal
and in the Judgment of the Tribunal,
U.N. Doc. A/CN.4/Ser.A/1950/Add.1
(1950).
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Final
Act of the Intergovernmental Conference on the Protection of Cultural
Property in the Event of Armed Conflict,
249 U.N.T.S. 216, May 14,
1954.
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Convention
for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict,
249 U.N.T.S. 240, entered into force Aug. 7, 1956.
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Protocol
for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict,
249 U.N.T.S. 358, entered into force Aug. 7, 1956.
Russian
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Resolutions
of the Intergovernmental Conference on the Protection of Cultural Property
in the Event of Armed Conflict,
The Hague, 14 May 1954. |
Draft
Rules for the Limitation of the Dangers incurred by the Civilian Population
in Time of War,
New Delhi, 1957. |
Protocol
to the Convention on Duties and Rights of States in the Event of Civil
Strife,
Opened for signature on 1st May 1957. |
Human
Rights in Armed Conflicts. Resolution XXIII adopted by the International
Conference on Human Rights,
Teheran, 12 May 1968. |
Convention
on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes
Against Humanity,
754 U.N.T.S. 73, 8 I.L.M. 68, entered into force
Nov. 11, 1970.
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Declaration
on Respect for Human Rights in Armed Conflicts,
G.A. Res. 2444 (XXIII),
U.N. GAOR, 23rd Sess., Supp. No. 18, at 164, U.N. Doc. A/7433 (1968). |
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction,
Apr. 10, 1972, 26 U.S.T. 583, 1015 U.N.T.S. 163, entered into force Mar. 25, 1975.
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European
Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to Crimes
against Humanity and War Crimes,
ETS 82, 13 I.L.M. 540, Jan. 25, 1974,
not in force.
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Convention
on the Prohibition of Military or Any Hostile Use of Environmental Modification
Techniques,
G.A.Res. 72, 31st Sess., Supp. No. 39, at 36, U.N.Doc.
A/31/39 (1977), entered into force Oct. 5, 1978.
Russian
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Final
Act of the Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1974-1977.
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| Resolutions
of the Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1974-1977. |
Convention
of the OAU for the Elimination of Mercenarism in Africa, O.A.U. Doc.
CM/433/Rev. L. Annex 1 (1972), entered into force April 22, 1985.
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Resolution
on Small-Calibre Weapon Systems,
Geneva, 28 September 1979. |
Final
Act of the United Nations Conference on Prohibitions or Restrictions on
the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively
Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects,
19 I.L.M. 1523, Oct.
10 1980. |
Convention
on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons
Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate
Effects,
1342 U.N.T.S. 137, 19 I.L.M. 1524, entered into force
Dec. 2, 1983.
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Protocol
on Non-Detectable Fragments (Protocol I),
1342 U.N.T.S. 168, 19 I.L.M.
1529, entered into force Dec. 2, 1983.
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Convention
on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons
Which may be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate
Effects and Protocols,
U.N. Doc. A/Conf.95/15, Annex I (1980), entered
into force Dec. 2, 1983.
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Protocol
on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other
Devices (Protocol II),
1342 U.N.T.S. 168, 19 I.L.M. 1529, entered
into force Dec. 2, 1983; as amended May 3, 1996, 35 I.L.M. 1206.
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Protocol
on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons (Protocol
III),
1342 U.N.T.S. 171, 19 I.L.M. 1534, entered into force
Dec. 2, 1983.
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Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War,
U.N. Doc. CCW/MSP/2003/2 (Nov. 27, 2003), entered into force May 16, 2006. |
European
Convention for the Prevention of Torture and inhuman or Degrading treatment
or Punishment,
ETS 126, 27 I.L.M. 1152, entered into force
Feb. 1, 1989.
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The
International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing, and
Training of Mercenaries,
G.A. Res. 34, U.N. GAOR, 44th Sess., Supp.
No. 43, at 590, U.N. Doc. A/44/43 (1989), 29 I.L.M. 91, not in force.
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International
Law Institute, The Protection of Human Rights and the Principle of Non-Intervention
in Internal Affairs of States, 63 Institut de Droit International Annuaire
338 (1989). |
Declaration
on the Rules of international humanitarian law governing the conduct of
hostilities in non-international armed conflicts,
San Remo, 7 April
1990. |
Declaration
of Minimum Humanitarian Standards, reprinted in Report of the Sub-Commission
on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities on its
Forty-sixth Session, Commission on Human Rights,
51st Sess., Provisional
Agenda Item 19, at 4, U.N. Doc. E/CN.4/1995/116 (1995) (Declaration
of Turku). |
Basic
Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for
Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious
Violations of International Humanitarian Law,
C.H.R. res. 2005/35,
U.N. Doc. E/CN.4/2005/ L.10/Add.11 (19 April 2005). |
Definition
of Aggression,
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3314 (XXIX).
Japanese |
Protocol
against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their
Parts and Components and Ammunition, supplementing the United Nations
Convention against Transnational Organized Crime,
G.A. res. 255, Nov.
15, 2000, U.N. Doc. A/RES/55/255 (2001), not yet entered into force. |
Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development,
Geneva, 7 June 2006.
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