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Geneva Convention (III) 7
Geneva Convention (III) Article 9 The provisions of the present Convention constitute no obstacle to the humanitarian activities which the International Committee of the Red Cross or any other impartial humanitarian organization may, subject to the consent of the Parties to the conflict concerned, undertake for the protection of prisoners of war and for…
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Geneva Convention (III)
Geneva Convention (III) Part I General Provisions Article 1 The High Contracting Parties undertake to respect and to ensure respect for the present Convention in all circumstances. Article 2 In addition to the provisions which shall be implemented in peace time, the present Convention shall apply to all cases of declared war or of…
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Convention on the Law of the Sea
Convention on the Law of the Sea History of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 By Daniel Hollis Introduction The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is the most comprehensive attempt at creating a unified regime for governance of the rights of…
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Convention on the Law of the Sea
Convention on the Law of the Sea History of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 By Daniel Hollis Introduction The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is the most comprehensive attempt at creating a unified regime for governance of the rights of…
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Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters
Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters The three-week Eleventh Session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law produced the final text of the Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters, contained in the Final Act of the Session completed and signed on the…
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Geneva Conventions Part 2
Geneva Conventions Part 2 22 The Expressive Value of Prosecuting and Punishing Terrorists: Hamdan, the Geneva Conventions , and International Criminal Law Mark A. Drumbl George Washington Law Review Volume 75, Number 5/6, August 2007 p.1165 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 23 Commentary on the ProLaw Journal / Law Reviewol additional to the Geneva…
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Biological Weapons Convention
Biological Weapons Convention Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction (London, 10 April 1972) ARTICLE I Each State Party to this Convention…
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Convention (V) Respecting the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in Case of War on Land
Convention (V) Respecting the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in Case of War on Land CHAPTER I The Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers Article 1. The territory of neutral Powers is inviolable. Art. 2. Belligerents are forbidden to move troops or convoys of either munitions of war or supplies across…
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Convention (V) Respecting the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in Case of War on Land
Convention (V) Respecting the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in Case of War on Land CHAPTER I The Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers Article 1. The territory of neutral Powers is inviolable. Art. 2. Belligerents are forbidden to move troops or convoys of either munitions of war or supplies across…
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Convention (IV) Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land 3
Convention (IV) Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land CHAPTER III The Sick and Wounded Art. 21. The obligations of belligerents with regard to the sick and wounded are governed by the Geneva Convention. SECTION II HOSTILITIES CHAPTER I Means of Injuring the Enemy, Sieges, and bombardments Art. 22. The right of…
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Convention on the Prohibition of Military or any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
Convention on the Prohibition of Military or any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques ARTICLE I 1. Each State Party to this Convention undertakes not to engage in military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques having widespread, long-lasting or severe effects as the means of destruction, damage or injury to…
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Convention on the Prohibition of Military or any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
Convention on the Prohibition of Military or any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques ARTICLE I 1. Each State Party to this Convention undertakes not to engage in military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques having widespread, long-lasting or severe effects as the means of destruction, damage or injury to…
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Convention on the Territorial Sea & the Contiguous Zone 3
Convention on the Territorial Sea & the Contiguous Zone Article 20 1. The coastal State should not stop or divert a foreign ship passing through the territorial sea for the purpose of exercising civil jurisdiction in relation to a person on board the ship. 2. The coastal State may not levy execution against or…
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International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil 3
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil Article X 1. Any Contracting Government may furnish to the Government of the relevant territory in respect of the ship in accordance with paragraph (1) of Article II particulars in writing of evidence that any provision of the present Convention has been…
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International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil Article I 1. For the purposes of the present Convention, the following expressions shall (unless the context otherwise requires) have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them that is to say: ‘The Bureau’ has the meaning assigned to it by Article XXI;…