Description
Book SynopsisThe two Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions are a cornerstone of the current law regulating armed conflict. The authors, who took part in their negotiation, explain the origin and the meaning of the text and provide, thus, and important help for their understanding and application. The current volume is a revised reprint, with new introductory materials, of the original text published in 1982.
Table of ContentsPreface; Abbreviations; General Introduction and Guide to Documentation (B./P.) Protocol I Part I General Provisions Part II Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Section I —General Protection Section II — Medical Transportation Section III — Missing and Dead Persons Part III Methods and Means of Warfare Combatant And Prisoner-of-War Status Section I — Methods and Means of Warfare Section II — Combatant and Prisoner-of-War Status Part IV Civilian Population Section I — General Protection against Effects of Hostilities Section II — Relief in Favour of The Civilian Population Section III — Treatment of Persons in the Power of a Party to the Conflict Part V Execution of the Conventions and of this Protocol Section II — Repression of Breaches of the Conventions and of this Protocol Part VI Final Provisions Annex I Regulations Concerning Identification Annex II Identity Card for Journalists on Dangerous Professional Missions Protocol II Part I Scope of this Protocol Part II Humane Treatment Part III Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Part IV Civilian Population Part V Final Provisions Selective Bibliography; List Of States Signatories; Declarations Made Upon Signature; List Of States Parties; Reservations And Declarations Made Upon Ratification Or Accession; Index.
