Geneva Protocol

Jastram and Achiron note that international humanitarian law gives provision for the protection of victims of armed conflict. The Geneva conventions and its protocols form the core of international humanitarian law. Article 44 of the Fourth Geneva Convention has a section that deals with refugee issues and Protocol I (1977) ensures the protection of refugees under the Geneva Convention's Part I and III (Jastram and Achiron,…

Japan has taken steps to insure the problem was to be taken care. Japan being one of the founders of the league of nations agreed to the Geneva conventions. Part of the Geneva Conventions included the Declaration on the Rights of the Child. In it, Additional Protocol I states that “children who have not attained the age of fifteen years shall neither be recruited in the armed forces or groups nor allowed to take part in hostilities.” In 1959 the Declaration…

proved very crucial for the states to delimit which fighter could claim such a privilege of belligerent status. The status of the lawful belligerent is only recognized in the context of international armed conflict which is defined by the act 2 of Geneva convention. Going back into the history, The privileges which were granted to the combatant wasn’t linked to the humanitarian concerns. It was the codes of chivalry which provided the underpinnings of national law governing the armed forces.…

In order to understand the relationship between international humanitarian law and international human rights law, the foundation, development and overall intention of these separate sets of laws must be explored. International Humanitarian Law or IHL, is a set of international rules that has been established by treaties or customs for the intention of solving the humanitarian problems that arise directly from international or non-international armed conflicts. This universal body of law began…

From the start of our country, norms values and ideals have been set in place that have trickled into every aspect of life for the American, and even in how we conduct ourselves nationally concerning our foreign policy. These foreign policy styles have often been in competition with fundamental American values, and have changed following the structure of the international system. In this short essay I will be discussing the origins of American identity rooted in our foreign policy, as well as…

Instruments of Terror: Chemical Weapons and Why They Should Not Be Implemented in the Warzones of Today While reading the stimulus materials provided for us, I came across the article “The Secret Life of Plants” by Ferris Jabr. He spoke of how some plants and parasites are able to detect each other with chemicals. “And at least one parasitic plant homes in on its host’s telltale chemical scent” (Jabr, 48). When I read this article I thought of how the plants use chemicals offensively. I…

With the shortage amount of labor, the Geneva convention protocols stated that the POWs could have been forced to work at the wages, but the authorities were afraid how the American people will react if they start paying the POWs wages, but eventually they put thousand of enemy prisoners to work, they assign…

On June 28, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austria and Hungary’s throne, and his wife were assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. This is what started it all—the Great War, the War of the Nations, the end of all wars—World War I. Due to the assassination of Ferdinand, a chain reaction of war declarations spread throughout Europe. This war lasted four years and was fought on every ocean and on almost every continent. World War I changed the future of wars forever with the…

French and Vietminh are held but the negotiation breakdown when the Democratic Republic of Vietnam launches its 1st attack against French. Then U.S started from that moment onwards send aids to backed French. In 1954, French was defeated and the Geneva Convention Agreements is announced. One of the issues that have been agreed…

asylum in a foreign territory, in accordance with the legislation of the state and international conventions.” American Convention on Human rights, Art. 22(7); African Charter on Human and people rights, Art. 12 (3), Art. (1) Of the 1951 Geneva Convention. The 1951 Geneva convention’s 50th anniversary, relating to the status of refugee have pave the way to share some few…