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The application of the new humanitarian law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Shigeki Miyazaki
Shigeki Miyazaki*
Affiliation:
Professor, Meiji University, Japan.
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The Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts met in Geneva from 1974 to 1977. During its fourth session, in 1977, the Conference finally adopted two Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 for the protection of victims of war—Protocol I relating to international armed conflicts and Protocol II relating to non-international conflicts.

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Research Article
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International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 20 , Issue 217 , August 1980 , pp. 184 - 192
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1980

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