Conventions and Other Binding Instruments

Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field. Geneva, 12 August 1949

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Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea. Geneva, 12 August 1949

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Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949

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Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949

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Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), 8 June 1977

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Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II), 8 June 1977

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Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/genocide.htm

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1593

http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/unsc_resolutions05.htm

Humanitarian Cease Fire Agreement on the Conflict in Darfur

http://www.unmis.org/Darfur/agreementHum.pdf

African Charter on Human and People's Rights

http://www.africaunion.org/Official_documents/Treaties_%20Conventions_%20Protocols/Banjul%20Charter.pdf