Protocol I

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Geneva Conventions Protocol I
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I)
TypeProtocol
Drafted20 February 1974 – 8 June 1977
Signed8 June 1977 (1977-06-08)
LocationGeneva
Effective7 December 1978 (1978-12-07)
Signatories
3 states[1]
Parties
174 states[2]
DepositarySwiss Federal Council
Languages
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A map showing the state parties and signatories of Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions (1977).
  State parties (174) [note 1]
  State signatories (3)

Protocol I (also Additional Protocol I and AP I)[4] is a 1977 amendment protocol to the Geneva Conventions concerning the protection of civilian victims of international war, including "armed conflicts in which peoples are fighting against colonial domination, alien occupation or racist regimes".[5] In practice, Additional Protocol I updated and reaffirmed the international laws of war stipulated in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 to accommodate developments of warfare since the Second World War (1937–1945).

  1. ^ "Treaties, States parties, and Commentaries - Signatory States - 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". ihl-databases.icrc.org. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Treaties, States parties, and Commentaries - States Parties - 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". ihl-databases.icrc.org. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Putin Pulls Russia Out of Convention on War-Crime Probes". Bloomberg. 17 October 2019.
  4. ^ Cadwalader, George Jr. (2011). "The Rules Governing the Conduct of Hostilities in Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 1949: A Review of Relevant United States References". Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law 2011 - Volume 14. Vol. 14. pp. 133–171. doi:10.1007/978-90-6704-855-2_5. ISBN 978-90-6704-854-5.
  5. ^ 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, ICRC; International Committee of the Red Cross


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