Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Armed Conflicts

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 142 Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts, published in 1997.

What other versions does this mandate have?

19 versions · 1985–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/123

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/79/123	Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the Protection of Victims of Armed Conflicts	1,964	94%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/107	Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the Protection of Victims of Armed Conflicts	2,058	86%Compare
2020	A/RES/75/138	Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the Protection of Victims of Armed Conflicts	1,783	86%Compare
2018	A/RES/73/204	Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the Protection of Victims of Armed Conflicts	2,037	66%Compare
2014	A/RES/69/120	Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts	1,834	89%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

13 reports · 2006–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/290	Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/123
2024	A/79/174	Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/107
2022	A/77/264	Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/138
2020	A/75/263	Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/73/204
2016	A/71/183	Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/69/120

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Treaties War Victims

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Appreciates the virtually universal acceptance of the Geneva Conventions of 19493 and the increasingly wide acceptance of the two additional Protocols of 1977;2

Appeals to all States parties to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 that have not yet done so to consider becoming parties to the additional Protocols at the earliest possible date;

Calls upon all States that are already parties to Protocol I, or those States not parties, on becoming parties to Protocol I, to make the declaration provided for under article 90 of that Protocol;

Calls upon all States parties to the additional Protocols to ensure their wide dissemination and full implementation;

Notes with satisfaction that the Twenty-sixth International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent endorsed the Final Declaration of the International Conference for the Protection of War Victims,⁵ adopted on 1 September 1993, which reaffirms the necessity of making the implementation of international humanitarian law more effective;

⁵A/48/742, annex.

Notes that the Twenty-sixth International Conference also endorsed the recommendations elaborated by an intergovernmental group of experts which aim at translating the Final Declaration into concrete measures, including the recommendation that the depositary of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 organize periodic meetings of States parties to these Conventions to consider general problems regarding the application of international humanitarian law;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session a report on the status of the additional Protocols based on information received from Member States;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-third session the item entitled "Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts".

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