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This publication provides a thorough legal analysis and guidance to State authorities, human rights and humanitarian actors and others on the application of international human rights law and international humanitarian…

Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), 8 June 1977. In the two decades that…

Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949. The Third Geneva Convention applies to prisoners of war.

Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field. Geneva 12 August 1949. The First Geneva Convention protects wounded and sick…

The covenant commits its parties to respect the civil and political rights of individuals, including the right to life, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, electoral rights…

The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) is a multilateral treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. It commits its parties to work toward the granting…

The framework comprise different branches of international law, the most prominent being international humanitarian law (IHL), which governs during armed conflict. The humanitarian principles of humanity and impartiality have a…