Common Article 3

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international humanitarian law rule treaty provision

Common Article 3 is a core provision of the 1949 Geneva Conventions that sets minimum humanitarian standards for the treatment of persons in non-international armed conflicts.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Common Article 3 canonical	2
Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international humanitarian law rule ⓘ treaty provision ⓘ
adoptedAt	Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1949 ⓘ surface form: Diplomatic Conference of Geneva (1949)
adoptedIn	1949 ⓘ
aimsTo	ensure minimum humanitarian protections in internal conflicts ⓘ
appliesTo	non-international armed conflicts ⓘ organized armed groups in non-international armed conflicts ⓘ state armed forces in non-international armed conflicts ⓘ
bindingOn	States Parties to the Geneva Conventions ⓘ
binds	each Party to the conflict ⓘ
category	minimum humanitarian standards ⓘ
considered	core provision of the Geneva Conventions ⓘ
describedAs	a convention in miniature ⓘ
formsBasisFor	many international criminal law norms ⓘ
foundIn	Geneva Convention I of 12 August 1949 ⓘ surface form: First Geneva Convention of 1949 Geneva Convention IV of 12 August 1949 ⓘ surface form: Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 Second Geneva Convention ⓘ surface form: Second Geneva Convention of 1949 Third Geneva Convention ⓘ surface form: Third Geneva Convention of 1949
hasScope	armed conflicts not of an international character ⓘ
influenced	customary international humanitarian law ⓘ
inspired	Article 8 of the Rome Statute ⓘ surface form: Article 8(2)(c) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
interpretedBy	International Court of Justice ⓘ International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ⓘ International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ⓘ
language	obligatory ⓘ
legalField	international humanitarian law ⓘ law of armed conflict ⓘ
partOf	Geneva Conventions ⓘ surface form: Geneva Conventions of 1949
prohibits	cruel treatment ⓘ executions without previous judgment by a regularly constituted court ⓘ humiliating and degrading treatment ⓘ murder of all kinds ⓘ mutilation ⓘ outrages upon personal dignity ⓘ passing of sentences without previous judgment by a regularly constituted court ⓘ taking of hostages ⓘ torture ⓘ violence to life and person ⓘ
protects	civilians in non-international armed conflicts ⓘ detained persons in non-international armed conflicts ⓘ sick combatants in non-international armed conflicts ⓘ wounded combatants in non-international armed conflicts ⓘ
recognizedAs	customary international law rule by many authorities ⓘ
requires	care for the wounded and sick ⓘ humane treatment without adverse distinction ⓘ judicial guarantees recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples ⓘ
setsMinimumStandardsFor	treatment of members of armed forces placed hors de combat ⓘ treatment of persons taking no active part in hostilities ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Geneva Convention IV of 12 August 1949 → hasPart → Common Article 3 ⓘ

opinion in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld → interpretedTreaty → Common Article 3 ⓘ

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

Common Article 2 → relatedTo → Common Article 3 ⓘ