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National implementation of international humanitarian law: Biannual update on national legislation and case law January-June 2002

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2010

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The Law of the Republic of Armenia on the use and protection of the emblems of the red cross and red crescent was adopted on 5 February 2002, was promulgated on 2 March 2002 and entered into force the same day. It sets out rules for the emblem's use as a protective device (by the medical and religious personnel of the armed forces, troops of the Ministry of the Interior, border guards, other military formations and public authorities responsible for action in emergencies, civilian medical units, and the medical personnel of the Armenian Red Cross Society and other National Red Cross or Red Crescent Societies) and as an indicative device (by bodies belonging to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and, in peacetime, by authorized ambulances and aid stations providing free treatment to the injured and sick). The law also mentions the use by organizations that do not need any special authorization (the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies) and includes rules on the distinctive emblems and the names “Red Cross” and “Red Crescent”. It states that any person who violates the law will be held accountable by virtue of the legislation of Armenia. In the event of contradictions between the law and treaties listed in the law itself, the treaties take precedence.

Type
Faits et documents/Reports and documents
Information
International Review of the Red Cross , Volume 84 , Issue 847: Terrorisme/Terrorism , September 2002 , pp. 701 - 712
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 2002

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References

1 Not yet published on 30 June 2002.

2 Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “on the changes and additions to the criminal code of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the code of administrative offences of the Republic of Azerbaijan” in keeping with the law “on the use and protection of the red cross and red crescent emblems”, Azerbaijan (Official Gazette), No. 141 (3153) of 23 June 2002.

3 Ley no 2390: “El uso y la protection del emblema de la Cruz Roja”, Gaceta Oficial de Bolivia, 19 June 2002.

4 Law on the Use and Protection of the Red Cross Emblem and the Title of the Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Official Gazette, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Year VI, No. 11, 30 May 2002, pp. 274–276.

5 Décret no 2001–180/PRES/PM/SECU du 2 mai 2001, journal officiel, No. 20, 2001.

6 Côdigo disciplinario único, Diario Oficial, No. 44708, 13 February 2002.

7 Ley no 8231: prohibition de minas antipersonales, La Gaceta: Diario Oficial, No. 73, 17 April 2002.

8 Ley no 8272: represión penal como castigo por los crímenes de guerra y de lesa humanidad, La Gaceta: Diario Oficial, No. 97, 22 May 2002.

9 Loi no 2002–268 du 26 février 2002 relative à la coopération avec la Cour pénale internationale, journal officiel de la République française, 27 February 2002, pp. 3684–3687.

10 Gesetz zur Einführung des Völkerstrafgesetzbuches, Bundesgesetzblatt 2002, Teil I., No. 42, 29 June 2002, pp. 2254–2260.

11 Gesetz zur Ausführung des Römischen Statuts des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofes vom 37. Juli 1998, Bundesgesetzblatt 2002, Teil I., No. 41, 28 June 2002, pp. 2144–2165.

12 Loi no 01–079 du 20 août 2001 portant code pénal, Journal officiel de la République du Mali, 43rd year, 1 February 2002.

13 Rijkswet van 20 Juni 2002 tot uitvoering van het Statuut van het Internationaal Strafhof met betrekking tot de samenwerking met en bijstand aan het Internationaal Strafhof en de tenuitvoerlegging van zijn von-nissen (Uitvoeringswet Internationaal Strafhof), Staatsblad 2002, No. 314; Decision on its entry into force: Staatsblad 2002, No. 315.

14 Wet van 20 juni 2002 tot aanpassing van net Wetboek van Strafrecht, het Wetboek van Strafvordering en enige andere wetten aan de Uitvoeringswet Internationaal Strafhof, Staatsblad 2002, No. 316; Decision on its entry into force: Staatsblad 2002, No. 317.

15 Ley no 418 de Protection y Usa del Nombre y del Emblema de la Cruz Roja, La Gaceta: Diario Oficial, No. 57, 22 March 2002, pp. 1995–1998.

16 Ley no 27/41 que establece la político educativa en materia de Derechos Humanos y créa un plan national para su difusiôn y ensenanza, El Peruano: Diario Oficial, 29 May 2002, p. 223774.

17 Law on Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, No. 18, 11 April 2002.

18 See biannual update January-June 2001, International Review of the Red Cross, No. 843, p. 858.

19 Mehinovic v. Vuckovic, US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 29 April 2002.

20 Trajkovic, Supreme Court of Kosovo, Case 145/2001, 30 November 2001.

21 Trajkovic, District Court of Gjilan, Case 68/2000, 6 March 2001. See Biannual update January-June 2001, International Review of the Red Cross, No. 843, p. 859.