Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions

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international humanitarian law treaty multilateral treaty

The Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions are international treaties that expand and strengthen humanitarian protections for victims of armed conflicts, including civilians and combatants no longer taking part in hostilities.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Additional Protocol III to the Geneva Conventions	2
Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts	2
1974–1977 Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts	1
Additional Protocols of 1977 and 2005	1
Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international humanitarian law treaty ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ
adoptedBy	Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts
aimsTo	protect civilians in armed conflict ⓘ protect combatants hors de combat ⓘ strengthen protection of victims of armed conflicts ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions ⓘ surface form: Additional Protocols of 1977 and 2005
appliesTo	armed conflict ⓘ international armed conflict ⓘ non-international armed conflict ⓘ
basedOn	principle of distinction ⓘ principle of humanity ⓘ principle of proportionality ⓘ
bindingOn	States Parties ⓘ
complements	Geneva Convention I of 12 August 1949 ⓘ surface form: Geneva Convention I Second Geneva Convention ⓘ surface form: Geneva Convention II Third Geneva Convention ⓘ surface form: Geneva Convention III Geneva Convention IV of 12 August 1949 ⓘ surface form: Geneva Convention IV
containsRulesOn	conduct of hostilities ⓘ protection of civilian objects ⓘ protection of civilian population ⓘ protection of cultural property ⓘ protection of journalists in armed conflict ⓘ protection of medical personnel ⓘ protection of the environment in armed conflict ⓘ treatment of persons deprived of liberty ⓘ
establishes	enhanced protections for civil defence organizations ⓘ enhanced protections for medical units ⓘ rules on means and methods of warfare ⓘ
follows	Geneva Conventions ⓘ surface form: Geneva Conventions of 1949
hasPart	Additional Protocol I ⓘ surface form: Protocol I Additional Protocol II ⓘ surface form: Protocol II Additional Protocol III ⓘ surface form: Protocol III
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalDomain	international humanitarian law ⓘ law of armed conflict ⓘ
negotiatedUnder	International Committee of the Red Cross ⓘ
partOf	Geneva law ⓘ
placeAdopted	Geneva ⓘ
prohibits	attacks against civilian objects ⓘ attacks against civilians ⓘ indiscriminate attacks ⓘ perfidy ⓘ starvation of civilians as a method of warfare ⓘ
recognizes	wars of national liberation as international armed conflicts ⓘ
yearAdopted	1977 ⓘ 2005 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Additional Protocol II → adoptedAt → Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts

Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions → adoptedBy → Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts

Additional Protocol III → alsoKnownAs → Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Additional Protocol III to the Geneva Conventions

Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions → alsoKnownAs → Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Additional Protocols of 1977 and 2005

Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1949 → followedBy → Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1974–1977 Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts

red crescent → governedBy → Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions ⓘ

subject surface form: Red Crescent

red cross → governedBy → Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions ⓘ

subject surface form: Red Cross emblem

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement → hasLegalBasisIn → Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions ⓘ

Article 8 of the Rome Statute → influencedBy → Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions ⓘ

Red Crystal emblem → legalBasis → Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Additional Protocol III to the Geneva Conventions

Additional Protocol II → supplements → Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions