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INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW AND STANDARDS (IHLS)

Treaties and Instruments


 The Geneva Conventions: the core of international humanitarian law (International Committee of the Red Cross)

 Convention on Cluster Munitions (Entry into Force August 1, 2010)

 Addis Ababa Document on Refugees and Forced Population Displacements in Africa Adopted by the OAU/UNHCR Symposium on Refugees and Forced Population Displacements in Africa, 8-10 September 1994, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (University Of Minnesota Human Rights Library)

 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement (The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights) 11 February 1998
[1], [2], [3], [4]

 Declaration of Minimum Humanitarian Standards, reprinted in Report of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities on its Forty-sixth Session, Commission on Human Rights, 51st Sess., Provisional Agenda Item 19, at 4, U.N. Doc. E/CN.4/1995/116 (1995) (Declaration of Turku), Turku/Abo 2 December 1990

 Declaration on the Rules of international humanitarian law governing the conduct of hostilities in non-international armed conflicts, San Remo, 7 April 1990

 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, 18 September 1997 (Entry into force of the Convention: 1 March 1999, in accordance with article 17 (1) of the Convention) (Signatures and Ratifications)


External Links

 International Humanitarian Law Research Initiative
A searchable database of links to current research, reference materials, and regional and international news on International Humanitarian Law

 Bayefsky.com
A database of the The United Nations Human Rights Treaties

 ICRC databases on International Humanitarian Law
A treaty database, with around 100 IHL treaties, commentaries on the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols and an up-to-date list of the signatories as well as an implementation database.



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