4 - The Protocols of 1977
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Summary
As related towards the end of Chapter 2, the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts, or CDDH, on 8 June 1977 adopted the text of two Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949. One (Protocol I) is applicable in international armed conflicts; the other (Protocol II), in non-international armed conflicts.
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- Constraints on the Waging of WarAn Introduction to International Humanitarian Law, pp. 82 - 168Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011