Source: https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v1_cha_chapter36_rule117
Timestamp: 2017-12-17 17:45:09
Document Index: 693062012

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 53', '§ 53', '§ 143', '§ 2', '§ 5', '§ 1', '§ 3', '§ 4', '§ 55', '§ 56', '§ 5', '§ 58', '§ 96', '§ 8', '§ 98', '§ 2', '§ 100', '§ 3', '§ 101', '§ 5', '§ 6', '§ 7', '§ 8', '§ 9', '§ 10', '§ 11', '§ 12', '§ 13', '§ 14', '§ 15', '§ 16', '§ 17', '§ 20', '§ 24', '§ 25', '§ 33', '§ 23', '§ 30', '§ 108', '§ 26', '§ 32', '§ 29', '§ 31', '§ 74', '§ 32', '§ 108', '§ 10', '§ 11', '§ 12', '§ 17', '§ 33', '§ 26', '§ 32', '§ 29', '§ 112', '§ 114', '§ 25', '§ 34', '§ 35', '§ 77', '§ 117', '§ 118', '§ 36', '§ 78', '§ 79', '§ 80', '§ 38', '§ 42', '§ 43', '§ 83', '§ 84', '§ 85', '§ 41', '§ 76', '§ 37', '§ 87', '§ 45', '§ 195', '§ 143', '§ 144', '§ 165', '§ 1217', '§ 147', '§ 148', '§ 149', '§ 150', '§ 151', '§ 152', '§ 153', '§ 154', '§ 155', '§ 156', '§ 157', '§ 158', '§ 159', '§ 166', '§ 165', '§ 165', '§ 167', '§ 165', '§ 165', '§ 166', '§ 166', '§ 172', '§ 170', '§ 153', '§ 154', '§ 161', '§ 174', '§ 169', '§ 195', '§ 175', '§ 176', '§ 181', '§ 178', '§ 180', '§ 182', '§ 184', '§ 185', '§ 183', '§ 186', '§ 188', '§ 188', '§ 189', '§ 191', '§ 192', '§ 193', '§ 187', '§ 145', '§ 146', '§ 41', '§ 126', '§ 127', '§ 23', '§ 102', '§ 53', '§ 54', '§ 12', '§ 14', '§ 15', '§ 33', '§ 17', '§ 76', '§ 37']

[1]	Third Geneva Convention, Article 122 (cited in Vol. II, Ch. 36, § 53); Fourth Geneva Convention, Article 136 (ibid., § 53). Articles 16 and 17 of the First Geneva Convention and Article 19 of the Second Geneva Convention refer to the information bureaux established according to Article 122 of the Third Geneva Convention.
[2]	Fourth Geneva Convention, Article 26 (ibid., § 143).
[3]	Additional Protocol I, Article 33 (adopted by consensus) (ibid., § 2).
[4]	See, e.g., Joint Declaration on Soviet-Japanese Relations, § 5 (ibid., § 1); Israel-PLO Agreement on the Gaza Strip, Article XIX (ibid., §§ 3 and 57); Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in the Philippines, Part IV, Article 4(9), (ibid., § 4); Agreement on Refugees and Displaced Persons annexed to the Dayton Accords, Article 5 (ibid., § 55); Agreement on the Normalization of Relations between Croatia and the FRY, Article 6 (ibid., § 56); Protocol to the Moscow Agreement on a Cease-fire in Chechnya to Locate Missing Persons and to Free Forcibly Detained Persons, §§ 5–6 (ibid., § 58); Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Viet-Nam, Chapter III (ibid., § 96); Memorandum of Understanding on the Application of International Humanitarian Law between Croatia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, § 8 (ibid., § 98); Plan of Operation for the 1991 Joint Commission to Trace Missing Persons and Mortal Remains, § 2.1.1 and 2.2.2 (ibid., § 100); Joint Declaration by the Presidents of the FRY and Croatia (October 1992), § 3 (ibid., § 101).
[5]	See, e.g., the military manuals of Argentina (ibid., § 5), Australia (ibid., § 6), Canada (ibid., § 7), Croatia (ibid., § 8), Hungary (ibid., § 9), Indonesia (ibid., § 10), Israel (ibid., § 11), Kenya (ibid., § 12), Madagascar (ibid., § 13), Netherlands (ibid., § 14), New Zealand (ibid., § 15) and Spain (ibid., § 16).
[6]	See, e.g., the legislation of Azerbaijan (ibid., § 17) and Zimbabwe (ibid., § 20).
[7]	See, e.g., the statements of the Federal Republic of Germany (ibid., § 24), Germany (ibid., § 25) and United States (ibid., §§ 33–34).
[8]	See, e.g., the practice of Croatia (ibid., § 23) and Netherlands (ibid., § 30) and the reported practice of Australia (ibid., § 108), Israel (ibid., § 26), Japan (ibid., § 32), Malaysia (ibid., § 29), Peru (ibid., § 31), Philippines (ibid., § 74), USSR (ibid., § 32) and Vietnam (ibid., § 108).
[9]	See, e.g., the military manuals of Indonesia (ibid., § 10), Israel (ibid., § 11) and Kenya (ibid., § 12), the legislation of Azerbaijan (ibid., § 17), the statements of the United States (ibid., §§ 33–34) and the reported practice of Israel (ibid., § 26), Japan (ibid., § 32) and Malaysia (ibid., § 29); see also the statements of Indonesia (ibid., § 112) and United Kingdom (ibid., § 114).
[10]	See, e.g., the statements of Germany (ibid., §§ 25 and 109–110) and United States (ibid., § 34); UN Security Council, Statement by the President (ibid., § 35); UN General Assembly, Res. 54/183 (ibid., § 77), Res. 49/196 (ibid., § 117) and Res. 50/193 (ibid., § 118); UN Commission on Human Rights, Res. 1987/50 (ibid., § 36), Res. 1994/72 (ibid., §§ 78 and 120), Res. 1995/35 (ibid., §§ 79 and 121) and Res. 1998/79 (ibid., § 80); UN Commission on Human Rights, Statement by the Chairman (ibid., § 38); Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly, Rec. 974 (ibid., § 42), Rec. 1056 (ibid., § 43), Res. 1066 (ibid., § 83) and Rec. 1385 (ibid., § 84); European Parliament, Resolution on the violation of human rights in Cyprus (ibid., § 85).
[11]	See the practice (ibid., §§ 41 and 127).
[12]	UN General Assembly, Res. 3220 (XXIX) (adopted by 95 votes in favour, none against and 32 abstentions) (ibid., § 76).
[13]	UN Commission on Human Rights, Res. 2002/60 (adopted without a vote) (ibid., § 37).
[14]	26th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Res. II (ibid., §§ 87 and 184).
[15]	27th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Res. I (adopted by consensus) (ibid., §§ 45, 88 and 185).
[16]	SPLM/A, Penal and Disciplinary Laws (ibid., § 195).
[17]	Fourth Geneva Convention, Article 26 (ibid., § 143).
[18]	Additional Protocol I, Article 32 (adopted by consensus) (ibid., § 144). For the travaux préparatoires leading to the adoption of this provision see the statements at the CDDH (ibid., §§ 165–168 and 171–173).
[19]	Yves Sandoz, Christophe Swinarski, Bruno Zimmermann (eds.), Commentary on the Additional Protocols, ICRC, Geneva, 1987, §§ 1217–1218.
[20]	See, e.g., Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, Principles 16(1) and 17(4) (cited in Vol. II, Ch. 36, § 147); UN Secretary-General’s Bulletin, Section 9.8 (ibid., § 148).
[21]	See, e.g., the military manuals of Argentina (ibid., § 149), Australia (ibid., § 150), Cameroon (ibid., § 151), Canada (ibid., § 152), Kenya (ibid., § 153), Israel (ibid., § 154), Madagascar (ibid., § 155), New Zealand (ibid., § 156), Spain (ibid., § 157), United Kingdom (ibid., § 158) and United States (ibid., §§ 159–161), the statements of Austria (ibid., § 166), Cyprus (ibid., §§ 165–166), France (ibid., §§ 165–166), Germany (ibid., § 167), Greece (ibid., §§ 165–166), Holy See (ibid., §§ 165–166 and 168), Nicaragua (ibid., § 166), Spain (ibid., § 166) and United States (ibid., §§ 172–174) and the practice of the Republic of Korea (ibid., § 170).
[22]	See, e.g., the military manuals of Kenya (ibid., § 153), Israel (ibid., § 154) and United States (ibid., § 161) and the statement of the United States (ibid., § 174).
[23]	Germany, Explanatory memorandum on the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions (ibid., § 169).
[24]	Report on the Practice of the SPLM/A (ibid., § 195).
[25]	UN General Assembly, Res. 3220 (XXIX) (adopted by 95 votes in favour, none against and 32 abstentions) (ibid., § 175).
[26]	UN Commission on Human Rights, Res. 2002/60 (ibid., § 176).
[27]	European Parliament, Resolution on the problem of missing persons in Cyprus (ibid., § 181); Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly, Rec. 868 (ibid., § 178) and Rec. 1056 (ibid., § 180).
[28]	25th International Conference of the Red Cross, Res. XIII (ibid., § 182); 26th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Res. II (ibid., § 184); 27th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Res. I (adopted by consensus) (ibid., § 185).
[29]	International Conference for the Protection of War Victims, Final Declaration (adopted by consensus) (ibid., § 183).
[30]	See, e.g., UN Human Rights Committee, Quinteros v. Uruguay (ibid., § 186). The views of the Committee were based, inter alia, on Article 7 of the American Convention on Human Rights.
[31]	European Court of Human Rights, Kurt v. Turkey (ibid., § 188), Timurtas v. Turkey (ibid., § 188) and Cyprus case (ibid., § 189).
[32]	Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Velásquez Rodríguez case (ibid., § 191). In this case, the Court found that there was a violation of Articles 4, 5 and 7 of the American Convention on Human Rights.
[33]	See, e.g., Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Bámaca Velásquez case (ibid., § 192) and Bámaca Velásquez case (Reparations) (ibid., § 193). In this case, the Court found that there was a violation of Article 5(1) and (2) of the American Convention on Human Rights.
[34]	African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Amnesty International and Others v. Sudan (ibid., § 187).
[35]	African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, Article 19(3) (ibid., § 145).
[36]	African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, Article 25(2)(b) (ibid., § 146).
[37]	See, e.g., Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Statement of the Expert for the Special Process on Missing Persons in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia (ibid., § 41) and Briefing on Progress Reached in Investigation of Violations of International Law in certain areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ibid., § 126) and High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina, Reports (ibid., § 127).
[38]	See the practice of Croatia (ibid., § 23).
[39]	UN Secretary-General’s Bulletin, Section 9.8 (ibid., § 102).
[40]	Fourth Geneva Convention, Articles 136–141 (ibid., §§ 53 and 95); Additional Protocol I, Article 33 (adopted by consensus) (ibid., § 54).
[41]	Kenya, LOAC Manual (ibid., § 12); Netherlands, Military Manual (ibid., § 14); New Zealand, Military Manual (ibid., § 15).
[42]	United States, Remarks of the Deputy Legal Adviser of the Department of State (ibid., § 33).
[43]	Azerbaijan, Law concerning the Protection of Civilian Persons and the Rights of Prisoners of War (ibid., § 17).
[44]	UN General Assembly, Res. 3220 (XXIX) (adopted by 95 votes in favour, none against and 32 abstentions) (ibid., § 76).
[45]	UN Commission on Human Rights, Res. 2002/60 (adopted without a vote) (ibid., § 37).