Protocols additional to the Geneva conventions of 12 August 1949 /

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Contents
PROTOCOL ADDITIONAL
TO THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS OF 12 AUGUST 1949,
AND RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF VICTIMS OF INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICTS (PROTOCOL I), OF 8 JUNE 1977
Preamble
PART I
GENERAL PROVISION..............
... 10
Article 1
Article 2
General principles and scope of application. Definition.............
10
.... 10
Article 3
Beginning and end of application
11
Article 4
Legal status of the Parties to the conflict.
11
Article 5
Appointment of Protecting Powers and of their substitute
11
Article 6
Qualified persons.
13
Article 7
Meetings
13
PART II
WOUNDED, SICK AND SHIPWRECKED..........
SECTION I-
GENERAL PROTECTION.
Article 8
Terminology........
Article 9
Field of application...........
Article 10
Protection and care.........
Article 11
Protection of persons
Article 12
Protection of medical units..
Discontinuance of protection of civilian medical units.
Limitations on requisition of civilian medical units........... Protection of civilian medical and religious personnel................................... General protection of medical duties
Role of the civilian population and of aid societies... Identification...........
Neutral and other States not Parties to the conflict. Prohibition of reprisals.
SECTION II -
MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION.........
Article 21
Medical vehicles..................
SECTION III -
Hospital ships and coastal rescue craft.......... Other medical ships and craft.............
Protection of medical aircraft.........
Medical aircraft in areas not controlled by an adverse Party. Medical aircraft in contact or similar zones.....
Medical aircraft in areas controlled by an adverse Party. Restrictions on operations of medical aircraft..... Notifications and agreements concerning medical aircraft. Landing and inspection of medical aircraft............ Neutral or other States not Parties to the conflict
MISSING AND DEAD PERSONS.
Article 32
General principle...........
Article 33
Missing persons..........
Article 34
Remains of deceased............
PART III
METHODS AND MEANS OF WARFARE
COMBATANT AND PRISONER-OF-WAR STATUS..
SECTION I-
METHODS AND MEANS OF WARFARE
Article 35
Basic rules............
Article 36
New weapon...........
Article 37
Prohibition of perfidy..
Article 38
Recognized emblems...
Article 39
Emblems of nationality.
Article 40
Quarter...............
Article 41
Safeguard of an enemy hors de combat
Article 42
SECTION II -
Article 43
Armed forces.......
Article 44
Occupants of aircraft....
COMBATANT AND PRISONER-OF-WAR STATUS
Combatants and prisoners of war.
Protection of persons who have taken part in hostilities. Spies...........
Mercenaries...........
PART IV
CIVILIAN POPULATION..
SECTION I-
CHAPTER I-
Article 48
Article 49
GENERAL PROTECTION AGAINST EFFECTS OF HOSTILITIES....
Basic rule and field of application
Basic rule...................
Definition of attacks and scope of application
Article 51
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER II -
Civilians and Civilian population......... Definition of civilians and civilian population..
Protection of the civilian population.........
Civilian object..............
General protection of civilian objects.........
Protection of cultural objects and of places of worship. Protection of objects indispensable
to the survival of the civilian population Protection of the natural environment
Article 56
Protection of works and installations
containing dangerous force...........
CHAPTER IV -
CHAPTER V -
Precautionary measures........
Precautions in attack............
Precautions against the effects of attacks.
Localities and zones under special protection......... Non-defended localities.........
Demilitarized zones..........
Definitions and scope.........
CHAPTER VI -
Civil defence...........
SECTION II -
General protection........
Civil defence in occupied territories.
Civilian civil defence organizations of neutral or other States not Parties to the conflict and international co-ordinating organization........
Cessation of protection......
Identification...........
Members of the armed forces
and military units assigned to civil defence organizations........
RELIEF IN FAVOUR OF THE CIVILIAN POPULATION........ Field of application..........
Basic needs in occupied territories
Relief action..........
Article 71
Personnel participating in relief actions
SECTION III - TREATMENT OF PERSONS IN THE POWER
OF A PARTY TO THE CONFLICT.......
CHAPTER I-
Article 72
Article 73
Article 74
Article 75
Field of application and protection of persons and objets... Field of application.......
Refugees and stateless persons..
Reunion of dispersed families......... Fundamental guarantees...
CHAPTER II - Measures in favour of women and children.............
Article 76
Article 77
Protection of children
Article 78
Evacuation of children
CHAPTER III -
Article 79
Journalist..............
Measures of protection for journalists.
Article 80 PART V
EXECUTION OF THE CONVENTIONS AND OF THIS PROTOCOL...........
SECTION 1-
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Measures for execution.
Activities of the Red Cross and other humanitarian organization...............
Legal advisers in armed forces...
Dissemination........
Rules of application
SECTION II-
Article 85
REPRESSION OF BREACHES OF THE CONVENTIONS AND OF THIS PROTOCOL...........
Repression of breaches of this Protocol..
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Article 86
Failure to act..........
Article 87
Duty of commanders........
Article 88
Article 89
Mutual assistance in criminal matters. Co-operation...........
International Fact-Finding Commission. Responsibility..........
PART VI
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 92 Signature.........
Ratification.......
Accession.......
Entry into force..........
Treaty relations upon entry into force of this Protocol........
Amendment........
Article 98 Revision of Annex ..................
Article 99
Denunciation.......
Article 100
Notifications..........
Article 101
Registration
Article 102 Authentic texts........
ANNEX I
Article 1
CHAPTER I-
Article 2
Article 3
Regulations concerning identification......... General provisions........
Identity cards
Identity card for permanent civilian medical and religious personnel.........
Identity card for temporary civilian medical and religious personnel
Article 6
CHAPTER II -
The distinctive emblem...
Article 4
Article 5
CHAPTER III -
Shape.........
Use........
Use.........
Distinctive signals.......
Article 7
Light signal........
Article 8
Radio signal........
Article 9
CHAPTER IV -
Electronic identification
Communications..
Article 10
Radiocommunications..
Article 11
Use of international codes..
Article 12
Other means of communication
Article 13
Flight plan.........
Article 14
Signals and procedures for the interception of medical aircraft
CHAPTER V -
Civil defence.......
Article 15
Article 16
CHAPTER VI -
Article 17
ANNEX II
Identity card........
International distinctive sign..
Works and installations containing dangerous forces......... International special sign
Identity card for journalists on dangerous professional missions.