Additional Protocol I

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humanitarian law treaty international treaty protocol to the Geneva Conventions

Additional Protocol I is a 1977 treaty that supplements the Geneva Conventions by strengthening protections for victims of international armed conflicts and regulating the conduct of hostilities.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Additional Protocol I of 1977	3
Protocol I	2
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I)	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	humanitarian law treaty ⓘ international treaty ⓘ protocol to the Geneva Conventions ⓘ
adoptedAt	Geneva ⓘ
adoptedOn	1977-06-08 ⓘ
aimsTo	strengthen protection of civilians ⓘ strengthen protection of combatants hors de combat ⓘ
appliesTo	international armed conflicts ⓘ
concludedIn	1977 ⓘ
contains	rules on distinction between civilian objects and military objectives ⓘ rules on distinction between civilians and combatants ⓘ rules on protection of cultural objects and places of worship ⓘ rules on protection of journalists on dangerous professional missions ⓘ rules on protection of the natural environment ⓘ rules on protection of works and installations containing dangerous forces ⓘ
depositary	Swiss Federal Council ⓘ
developedBy	Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War ⓘ surface form: Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts
enteredIntoForceOn	1978-12-07 ⓘ
establishesPrinciple	precautions in attack ⓘ principle of distinction ⓘ principle of proportionality in attack ⓘ
fullName	Additional Protocol I self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I)
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
partOf	Geneva Conventions ⓘ surface form: Geneva Conventions framework
prohibits	attacks against civilian objects ⓘ attacks against civilians ⓘ indiscriminate attacks ⓘ
protects	civil defence organizations ⓘ civilian population ⓘ medical personnel ⓘ medical transports ⓘ medical units ⓘ prisoners of war ⓘ wounded and sick in armed forces in the field ⓘ wounded, sick and shipwrecked at sea ⓘ
recognizes	national liberation movements as parties to international armed conflicts under certain conditions ⓘ
regulates	conduct of hostilities ⓘ means and methods of warfare ⓘ
relatedTo	Additional Protocol II ⓘ Additional Protocol III ⓘ
shortName	Additional Protocol I self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Protocol I
subjectMatter	international humanitarian law ⓘ protection of victims of armed conflicts ⓘ
supplements	Geneva Conventions ⓘ surface form: Geneva Convention I Geneva Convention of 1929 ⓘ surface form: Geneva Convention II Geneva Convention of 1929 ⓘ surface form: Geneva Convention III Geneva Conventions ⓘ surface form: Geneva Convention IV

Referenced by (8)

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

Additional Protocol I → fullName → Additional Protocol I self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I)

Geneva Conventions → hasAdditionalProtocol → Additional Protocol I ⓘ

Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions → hasPart → Additional Protocol I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protocol I

International humanitarian law → includes → Additional Protocol I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Additional Protocol I of 1977

Additional Protocol III → relatedTo → Additional Protocol I ⓘ

Geneva Convention I of 12 August 1949 → relatedTo → Additional Protocol I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Additional Protocol I of 1977

Geneva Convention IV of 12 August 1949 → relatedTo → Additional Protocol I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Additional Protocol I of 1977

Additional Protocol I → shortName → Additional Protocol I self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protocol I