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Protocol II is a 1977 amendment protocol to the Geneva Conventions relating to the protection of victims of non-international armed conflicts. It defines certain international laws that strive to provide better protection for victims of internal armed conflicts that take place within the borders of a single country.
Fourth Geneva Convention; Additional Protocols Protocol I; Protocol II; Protocol III; The four 1949 Conventions have been ratified by 196 states, including all UN member states, both UN observers (the Holy See and the State of Palestine}, as well as the Cook Islands. The Protocols have been ratified by 174, 169 and 79 states respectively.
A facsimile of the signature-and-seals page of the 1864 Geneva Convention, which established humane rules of war. The original document in single pages, 1864 [1]. The Geneva Conventions are international humanitarian laws consisting of four treaties and three additional protocols that establish international legal standards for humanitarian treatment in war.
The Additional Protocol II completes the article 3 of the Geneva Conventions adds several forbidden actions and grants to protected persons the rights to "respect for their person, honour and convictions and religious practices". Children continue to benefit from special protection. [79]
Protocol IV restricts blinding laser weapons (adopted on October 13, 1995, in Vienna) Protocol V sets out obligations and best practice for the clearance of explosive remnants of war, adopted on November 28, 2003, in Geneva [4] Protocol II was amended in 1996 (extending its scope of application), and entered in force on December 3, 1998.
The original Protocol was an annex to the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons and entered into force on 2 December 1983. The Protocol was amended in Geneva on 3 May 1996, known as Amended Protocol II. The amendment was triggered due to widespread harm caused to by civilians during the Indochina Wars. [1]
The clause did not appear in the Geneva Conventions of 1949, [10] but was it included in the additional protocols of 1977. [11] It is in article 1 paragraph 2 of Protocol I (which covers international conflicts), [12] and the fourth paragraph of the preamble to Protocol II (which covers non-international conflicts). [13]
Additional Protocol refers to an addition to an international treaty. Additional Protocol may refer to: Additional Protocol to a comprehensive safeguards agreement, approved by the IAEA Board of Governors in 1997; Geneva Conventions additional protocols: Protocol I (1977) Protocol II (1977) Protocol III (2005)