Protection of Specific Categories of Persons in International and Non-International armed conflicts
Protection of Specific Categories of Persons in International and Non-International armed conflicts

Summary/Abstract: International humanitarian law is applicable in international and non-international armed conflicts. Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocol I of 1977, as well as all other rules of international humanitarian law are applicable in international armed conflicts, while Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions and Protocol II of 1977 are applicable in non-international armed conflicts. The aim of these rules is to protect persons who are not involved in conflict or have ceased to actively participate in it. The paper will give an overview of protection enjoyed by specific categories of persons protected in both types of armed conflict.

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