Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (Protocol I)
| Coming into Force | 07 December 1978 |
| Subject Terms | Human rights,War,Protocols to the Geneva Conventions,Geneva Conventions (with Protocols),Humanitarian matters,Legal matters |
| Registration Date | 23 January 1979 |
| Registration Number | 17512 |
| Date of Conclusion | 08 June 1977 |
| Party Submitting the Application for Registration | Switzerland |
| Type of Document | Multilateral |
| Depositary | Government of Switzerland |
| Participants | Albania,Argelia,Angola,Antigua and Barbuda,Argentina,Armenia,Australia,Austria,Bahamas,Bahrein,Bangladesh,Barbados,Bélgica,Belize,Benin,Bolivia,Bosnia & Herzegovina,Botswana,Brasil,Brunei Darussalam,Bulgaria,Burkina Faso,Burundi,Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic,Camboya,Camerún,Canada,Cabo Verde,Central African Republic,Chad,Chile,China,Colombia,Comoros,Congo,Cook Islands,Costa Rica,Côte d'Ivoire,Croacia,Cuba,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Czechoslovakia,Democratic People's Republic of Korea,Dinamarca,Djibouti,Dominica,República Dominicana,Ecuador,Egipto,El Salvador,Equatorial Guinea,Estonia,Federal Republic of Germany,Finlandia,Gabon,Gambia,Georgia,German Democratic Republic,Germany,Ghana,Greece,Grenada,Guatemala,Guinea,Guinea-Bissau,Guyana,Haiti,Holy See,Honduras,Hungria,Islandia,Iran,Ireland,Israel,Italia,Ivory Coast,Jamaica,Japón,Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kenya,Kuwait,Kyrgyzstan,Lao People's Democratic Republic,Latvia,Lebanon,Lesotho,Liberia,Libyan Arab Jamahiriya,Liechtenstein,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Madagascar,Malawi,Maldives,Mali,Malta,Mauritania,Mauritius,México,Micronesia (Federated States of),Monaco,Mongolia,Montenegro,Morocco,Mozambique,Namibia,Namibia (United Nations Council for Namibia),Nauru,Holanda,New Zealand,Nicaragua,Niger,Nigeria,Niue Island,None,Noruega,Oman,Pakistán,Palau,Panamá,Paraguay,Perú,Philippines,Polonia,Portugal,Qatar,Republic of Korea,Republic of Moldova,Rumania,Russian Federation,Rwanda,Samoa,San Marino,Sao Tome and Principe,Saudi Arabia,Senegal,Seychelles,Sierra Leone,Eslovaquia,Eslovenia,Solomon Islands,South Africa,España,St. Christopher and Nevis,St. Lucia,St. Vincent and the Grenadines,State of Palestine,Sudan,Suriname,Swaziland,Suecia,Suiza,Syrian Arab Republic,Tajikistan,The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,Timor-Leste,Togo,Tokelau Islands,Tunisia,Turkmenistan,Uganda,Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,United Arab Emirates,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,United Republic of Tanzania,United States,Upper Volta,Uruguay,Uzbekistan,Vanuatu,Venezuela,Viet Nam,Yemen,Yemen Arab Republic,Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of),Zaire,Zambia,Zimbabwe |
No.
17512
MULTILATERAL
Protocol
additional
to
the
Geneva
Conventions
of
12
August
1949,
and
relating
to
the
protection
of
vic
tims
of
international
armed
conflicts
(Protocol
I)
(with
annexes,
Final
Act
of
the Diplomatic
Conference
on
the
reaffirmation
and
development
of
international
humanitarian
law
applicable
in
armed
conflicts
dated
10
June
1977
and
resolutions
adopted
at
the
fourth
ses
sion).
Adopted
at
Geneva
on
8
June
1977
Authentic
texts:
English,
Arabic,
Chinese,
Spanish,
French
and
Russian.
Registered
by
Switzerland
on
23
January
1979.
MULTILATERAL
Protocole
additionnel
aux
Conventions
de
Genève
du
12
août
1949
relatif
à
la
protection
des
victimes
des
conflits
armés
internationaux
(Protocole
I)
[avec
an
nexes,
Acte
final
de
la
Conférence
diplomatique
sur
la
réaffirmation
et
le
développement
du
droit
international
humanitaire
applicable
dans
les
conflits
armés
en
date
du
10
juin
1977
et
résolutions
adoptées
à
la
quatrième
session].
Adopté
à
Genève
le
8
juin
1977
Textes
authentiques
:
anglais,
arabe,
chinois,
espagnol,
fran ais
et
russe.
Enregistr
par
la
Suisse
le
23
janvier
1979.
Vol.
1125,
1-17512
United
Nations
—
Treaty
Series
•
Nations
Unies
—
Recueil
des
Traités
1979
PROTOCOL ADDITIONAL
1
TO
THE
GENEVA
CONVENTIONS
OF
12
AUGUST
1949,
2
AND
RELATING
TO
THE
PROTECTION
OF
VICTIMS
OF
INTERNATIONAL
ARMED
CONFLICTS
(PRO
TOCOL
I)
CONTENTS
Preamble
Part
I.
General provisions
Article
1.
General
principles
and
scope
of
application
Article
2.
Definitions
Article
3.
Beginining
and
end
of
appli
cation
Article
4.
Legal
status
of
the
Parties
to
the
conflict
Article
5.
Appointment
of
Protecting
Powers
and
of
their
substi
tute
Article
6.
Qualified
persons
Article
7.
Meetings
Part
II.
Wounded,
sick
and
shipwrecked
Section
I.
Article
Article
Article
Article
Article
Article
Article
Article
General
protection
8.
Terminology
9.
Field
of
application
10.
Protection
and
care
11.
Protection
of
persons
12.
Protection
of
medical
units
13.
Discontinuance
of
protec
tion
of
civilian
medical
units
14.
Limitations
on
requisition
of
civilian
medical
units
15.
Protection
of
civilian
medi
cal
and
religious
personnel
Article
Article
Article
Article
Article
Section
II.
Article
Article
Article
Article
Article
Article
Article
Article
Article
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
General
protection
of
medi
cal
duties
Role
of
the
civilian
popula
tion
and
of
aid
societies
Identification
Neutral
and
other
States
not
Parties to the
conflict
Prohibition
of
reprisals
Medical
transportation
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
Medical
vehicles
Hospital
ships
and
coastal
rescue
craft
Other
medical
ships
and
craft
Protection
of
medical
air
craft
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
agree
ments
concerning
medical
aircraft
1
Came
into
force
on
7
December
1978,
i.e.,
six
months
after
the
deposit
with
the
Swiss
Federal
Council
of
two
instru
ments
of
ratification
or
accession,
in
accordance
with
article
95
(1).
Instruments
of
ratification
or
accession
were
deposited
as
follows:
Date
of
deposit
of
the
instrument
State
of
ratification
or
accession
(a)
Ghana
.........................................................
28
February
1978
(With
effect
from
7
December
1978.
Signature
affixed
on
12
December
1977.)
Libyan
Arab
Jamahiriya
..........................................
7
June
1978
a
(With
effect
from
7
December
1978.)
Subsequently,
the
Protocol
came
into
force
for
the
following
State
six
months
after
the
deposit
with
the
Swiss
Federal
Council
of
its
instrument
of
ratification,
in
accordance
with
article
95(2).
Date
of
deposit
of
the
instrument
State
of
ratification
El
Salvador
.....................................................
23
November
1978
(With
effect
from
23
May
1979.
Signature
affixed
on
12
December
1977.)
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Article
30.
Landing
and
inspection
of
medical
aircraft
Article
31.
Neutral or
other
States
not
Parties to the
conflict
Section
III.
Missing
and
dead
persons
Article
32.
General
principle
Article
33.
Missing
persons
Article
34.
Remains
of
deceased
Part
III.
Methods
and
means
of
warfare
—
com
batant
and
prisoner-of-war
status
Section
I.
Methods
and
means
of
warfare
Article
35.
Basic
rules
Article
36.
New
weapons
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.
Occupants
of
aircraft
Section
II.
Article
Article
Combatant
and
prisoner-of-war
status
43.
Armed
forces
44.
Combatants
and
prisoners
of
war
Article
45.
Protection
of
persons
who
have
taken
part
in
hostilities
Article
46.
Spies
Article
47.
Mercenaries
Part
IV.
Civilian
population
Section
I.
General
protection
against
effects
of
hostilities
Chapter
I.
Basic
rule
and
field
of
application
Article
48.
Basic
rule
Article
49.
Definition
of
attacks and
scope
of
application
Chapter
II.
Civilians
and
civilian
popula
tion
Article
50.
Definition
of
civilians
and
civilian
population
Article
51.
Protection
of
the
civilian
population
Chapter
III.
Civilian
objects
Article
52.
General
protection
of
civilian
objects
Article
53.
Protection
of
cultural
objects
and
of
places
of
worship
Article
54.
Protection
of
objects
indis
pensable
to
the
survival
of
the
civilian
population
Article
55.
Protection
of
the
natural
environment
Article
56.
Protection
of
works
and
in
stallations
containing dan
gerous
forces
Chapter
IV.
Precautionary
measures
Article
57.
Precautions
in
attack
Article
58.
Precautions
against
the
effects
of
attacks
Chapter
V.
Localities
and
zones
under
spe
cial
protection
Article
59.
Non-defended
localities
Article
60.
Demilitarized
zones
Chapter
VI.
Civil
defence
Article
61.
Definitions
and
scope
Article
62.
General
protection
Article
63.
Civil
defence
in
occupied
territories
Article
64.
Civilian
civil
defence
organi
zations
of
neutral or
other
States
not Parties to
the
con
flict
and
international
co
ordinating
organizations
Article
65.
Cessation
of
protection
Article
66.
Identification
Article
67.
Members
of
the armed
forces
and
military
units
assigned
to
civil
defence
organizations
Section
II.
Relief
in
favour
of
the
civilian
pop
ulation
Article
68.
Field
of
application
Article
69.
Basic
needs
in
occupied
ter
ritories
Article
70.
Relief
actions
Article
71.
Personnel
participating
in
relief
actions
Section
III.
Treatment
of
persons
in
the
power
of
a
Party
to
the
conflict
Chapter
I.
Article
Article
Article
Field
of
application and
protec
tion
of
persons
and
objects
72.
Field
of
application
73.
Refugees
and
stateless
persons
74.
Reunion
of
dispersed
fami
lies
Article
75.
Fundamental
guarantees
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