The Laws of Armed Conflicts: A Collection of Conventions, Resolutions, and Other Documents

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Introduction - The Development of the Laws of Armed Conflicts v
• Explanatory Notes xi
• Table of Contents xv
• List of Reproduced Documents in Chronological Order xxv
• Abbreviations xxxvii
• I General Rules concerning the Conduct of Hostilities 1
• No. 1 Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field 3
• No. 2 - Brussels Conference of 1874 21
• No. 3 The Laws of War on Land 29
• No. 4 Final Act of the International Peace Conference 41
• No. 5 Final Act of the Second International Peace Conference 45
• No. 6 Convention (Iii) Relative to the Opening of Hostilities 49
• Nos. 7– 8 Hague Conventions on Land Warfare 1899/1907 No. 7 Convention (Ii) with Respect to the Laws and Customs of War on Land 55
• II: Methods and Means of Warfare 89
• No. 9 Declaration Renouncing the Use, in Time of War, of Explosive Projectiles under 400 Grammes Weight 91
• No. 10 Declaration (Iv, 2) concerning Asphyxiating Gases 95
• No. 11 Declaration (Iv, 3) concerning Expanding Bullets 99
• No. 12 Treaty Relating to the Use of Submarines and Noxious Gases in Warfare 103
• No. 13 Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare 105
• No. 14 Declaration on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear and Thermo-Nuclear Weapons 127
• No. 15 Questions of Chemical and Bacteriological (Biological) Weapons 131
• No. 16 Convention on the Prohibition of Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction 135
• No. 17 Non-Use of Force in International Relations and Permanent Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons 161
• No. 18 Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques 163
• No. 19 Final Act of the United Nations Conference on Prohibitions and Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects 179
• No. 20 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 181
• No. 21 Resolution on Small-Calibre Weapon Systems 237
• No. 22 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction 239
• No. 23 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction 285
• No. 23a Guidelines for Military Manuals and Instructions on the Protection of the Environment in Times of Armed Conflict Prepared by the International Committee of the Red Cross and Recom- Mended for Dissemination by Resolution 49/50 of the United Nations General Assembly, 9 December 1994 303
• III: Air Warfare 307
• Nos. 24–25 No. 24. Declaration (Iv, 1) to Prohibit, for the Term of Five Years, the Launching of Projectiles and Explosives from Balloons, and Other Methods of a Similar Nature 309
• No. 26 Hague Rules concerning the Control of Wireless Telegraphy in Time of War and Air Warfare 315
• IV: Protection of Populations against Effects of Hostilities 327
• No. 27 Protection of Civilian Populations against Bombing from the Air in Case of War 329
• No. 28 Draft Convention for the Protection of Civilian Populations against New Engines of War 331
• No. 29 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide Adopted by Resolution 260 (Iii) 337
• No. 30 Draft Rules for the Limitation of the Dangers Incurred by the Civilian Population in Time of War 339
• No. 31 Protection of Civilian Populations against the Dangers of Indiscriminate Warfare 345
• No. 32 Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Resolution Xxlli 347
• No. 33 Respect for Human Rights in Armed Conflicts 349
• No. 34 The Distinction between Military Objectives and Non-Military Objectives in General and Particularly the Problems Associated with Weapons of Mass Destruction 351
• No. 35 Basic Principles for the Protection of Civilian Populations in Armed Conflicts 353
• No. 36 Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict 355
• V: Victims of War (Wounded, Sick, Prisoners, Civilians) 359
• No. 37 Resolutions of the Geneva International Conference 361
• No. 38 Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field 365
• No. 39 Additional Articles Relating to the Condition of the Wounded in War 369
• No. 40 Convention (Iii) for the Adaptation to Maritime Warfare of the Principles of the Geneva Convention of 22 August 373
• No. 41 Hague Convention on Hospital Ships 379
• No. 42 Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field 385
• No. 43 Convention (X) for the Adaptation to Maritime Warfare of the Principles of the Geneva Convention 397
• No. 44 Final Act of the Diplomatic Conference 405
• No. 45 Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field 409
• No. 46 Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War 421
• No. 47 Draft International Convention on the Condition and Protection of Chilians of Enemy Nationality Who Are on Territory Belonging to or Occupded by a Belligerent 445
• No. 48 Finalact of the Diplomatic Conference 453
• No. 49 Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field 459
• No. 50 Convention (Ii) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea 485
• No. 51 Convention (Hi) Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War 507
• No. 52 Convention (Iv) Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War 575
• No. 53 Resolutions of the Diplomatic Conference of Geneva, 1949 689
• No. 54 Basic Principles of the Legal Status of the Combatants Struggling against Colonial and Alien Domination and Racist Regimes 695
• No. 55 Final Act of the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts 699
• No. 56 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol 711
• No. 57 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol Ii) 775
• No. 58 Resolutions of the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts, 1977 819
• No. 59 Fundamental Rules of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts 831
• No. 60 Declaration of the International Conference for the Protection of Victims of War 833
• VI: Protection of Human Rights in Situations of Armed Conflict 837
• No. 61 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 839
• No. 62 Humanitarian Assistance to Victims of Natural Disasters and Similar Emergency Situations 865
• No. 63 Strengthening of the Coordination of Humanitarian Emergency Assistance of the United Nations 871
• No. 64 The Protection of Human Rights and the Principle of Non-Intervention in Internal Affairs of States 879
• No. 65 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 883
• No. 66 European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (As Amended by Protocols I and II of 4 November 945
• No. 67 Convention on the Rights of the Child 955
• No. 68 African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (Articles Related to Armed Conflict) 985
• VII: Protection of Cultural Property 989
• No. 69 Treaty on the Protection of Artistic and Scicntdfic Institutions and Historic Monuments (Roerich Pact) 991
• No. 70 Final Act of the Intergovernmental Conference on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict 995
• No. 71 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict 999
• No. 72 Protocol for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict 1027
• No. 73 Resolutions of the Intergovernmental Conference on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict 1035
• No. 74 Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict 1037
• VIII: Warfare at Sea 1053
• No. 75 Declaration Respecting Maritime Law 1055
• No. 76 Convention (Vi) Relating to the Status of Enemy Merchant Ships at the Outbreak of Hostilities 1059
• No. 77 Convention (Vii) Relating to the Conversion of Merchant Ships into War-Ships 1065
• No. 78 Convention (Viii) Relative to the Laying of Automatic Submarine Contact Mines 1071
• No. 79 Convention (Ix) concerning Bombardment by Naval Forces in Time of War 1079
• No. 80 Convention (Xi) Relative to Certain Restrictions with Regard to the Exercise of the Right of Capture in Naval War 1087
• No. 81 Convention (Xii) Relative to the Creation of an International Prize Court 1093
• No. 82 Additional Protocol to the Convention Relative to the Establishment of an International Prize Court 1107
• No. 83 Naval Conference of London 1111
• No. 84 The Laws of Naval War Governing the Relations between Belligerents 1123
• No. 85 Treaty Relating to the Use of Submarines and Noxious Gases in Warfare 1139
• No. 86 Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armaments (Part IV, Article 22, Relating to Submarine Warfare) 1143
• No. 87 Proces-Verbal Relating to the Rules of Submarine Warfare Set Forth in Part IV of the Treaty of London of 22 April 1145
• No. 88 The Nyon Arrangement I. the Nyon Arrangement Signed at Nyon, on 14 September 1937 Ii. Agreement Supplementary to the Nyon Arrangement 1149
• No. 89 San Remo Manual on International Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea 1153
• IX: Civil War 1179
• No. 92 Convention on Duties and Rights of States in the Event of Civil Strife 1181
• No. 91 Protocol to the Convention on Duties and Rights of States in the Event of Civil Strife 1185
• No. 92 The Principle of Non-Intervention in Civil Wars 1189
• No. 93 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non– International Armed Conflicts (Protocol Ii) 1193
• No. 94 Declaration on the Rules of International Humanitarian Law Governing the Conduct of Hostilities in Non-International Armed Conflicts 1195
• No. 95 Declaration of Minimum Humanitarian Standards 1199
• No. 96 The Application of International Humanitarian Law and Fundamental Human Rights in Armed Conflicts in Which Non-State Entities Are Parties 1205
• x: Application of the Law of Armed Conflicts to Hostilities in Which United Nations Forces Are Engaged 1209
• No. 97 Conditions of Application of Humanitarian Rules of Armed Conflict to Hostilities in Which United Nations Forces May Be Engaged 1211
• No. 98 Conditions of Application of Rules, Other Than Humanitarian Rules, of Armed Conflict to Hostilities in Which United Nations Forces May Be Engaged 1215
• No. 99 Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel 1217
• No. 100 UN Secretary-General's Bulletin on Observance by United Nations Forces of International Humanitarian Law 1229
• XI: Mercenaries 1235
• No. 101 Convention for the Elimination of Mercenarism in Africa 1237
• No. 102 International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries 1243
• XII: War Crimes 1251
• No. 103 Agreement for the Prosecution and Punishment of the Major War Criminals of the European Axis 1253
• No. 104 Affirmation of the Principles of International Law Recognized by the Charter of the Nuremberg Tribunal 1263
• No. 105 Principles of International Law Recognized in the Charter of the Nuremberg Tribunal and in the Judgment of the Tribunal 1265
• No. 106 Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity 1267
• No. 107 Principles of International Cooperation in the Detection, Arrest, Extradition, and Punishment of Persons Guilty of War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity Resolution 3074 (Xxviii) 1277
• No. 108 European Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes 1281
• No. 109 Statute of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1285
• No. 110 Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States, between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 1297
• No. 111 I. Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1309
• XIII: Neutrality 1397
• No. 112 Convention (V) Respecting the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in Case of War on Land 1399
• No. 113 Convention (Xiii) concerning the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers in Naval War 1407
• No. 114 Convention on Maritime Neutrality 1417
• No. 115 Helsinki Principles on the Law of Maritime Neutrality 1425
• Index 1431