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

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 140 Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts, published in 2004.

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?

13 subjects

Advisory Services Armed Conflicts Children in Armed Conflicts Cultural Property Protection Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Information Dissemination Information Exchange International Obligations Punishment Report Preparation Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Treaties War Victims

What’s in this document?

12 operative paragraphs

Appreciates the virtually universal acceptance of the Geneva Conventions of 1949,3 and notes the trend towards a similarly wide acceptance of the two Additional Protocols of 1977;4

Calls upon all States parties to the Geneva Conventions 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,2 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 that have not yet done so to consider becoming parties to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict5 and the two Protocols thereto, and to other relevant treaties on international humanitarian law relating to the protection of victims of armed conflict;

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

Notes with appreciation the Declaration and Agenda for Humanitarian Action adopted by the Twenty-eighth International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, which noted that all States must take national measures to implement international humanitarian law, including training of the armed forces and making this law known among the general public, as well as the adoption of legislation to punish war crimes in accordance with their international obligations;

Affirms the necessity of making the implementation of international humanitarian law more effective;

Welcomes the advisory service activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross in supporting efforts made by Member States to take legislative and administrative action to implement international humanitarian law and in promoting the exchange of information on those efforts between Governments;

Also welcomes the increasing number of national commissions or committees for the implementation of international humanitarian law and for promoting the incorporation of treaties on international humanitarian law into national law and disseminating the rules of international humanitarian law;

Calls upon States to consider becoming parties to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict;⁹

⁹Resolution 54/263, annex I.

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-first session a report on the status of the Additional Protocols relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts, as well as on measures taken to strengthen the existing body of international humanitarian law, inter alia, with respect to its dissemination and full implementation at the national level, based on information received from Member States and the International Committee of the Red Cross;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-first 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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