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Declarations of interpretation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

L. Tindemans
L. Tindemans*
Affiliation:
Minister for External Relations
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On depositing the instrument of ratification by Belgium of the Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), done at Geneva on 8 June 1977, the Belgian Government makes the following declarations of interpretation:

The Belgian Government, in view of the travaux préparatories for the international instrument herewith ratified, wishes to emphasize that the Protocol was established to broaden the protection conferred by humanitarian law solely when conventional weapons are used in armed conflicts, without prejudice to the provisions of international law relating to the use of other types of weapons.

Type
International Committee of the Red Cross
Information
International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 26 , Issue 252 , June 1986 , pp. 172 - 175
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1986

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1 Translator's note: Whereas the term “feasible precautions” is used in all three articles in the English version of the Protocol, in the French version the term “précautions utiles” is used in Article 41 and the term “précautions pratiquement possibles” in Articles 57 and 58.