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U.S. Administration Urges Senate Approval of Protocol II to the Geneva Conventions; United States Views Norms of Article 75 of Protocol las Legally Binding

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 105 , Issue 3 , July 2011 , pp. 594 - 596
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2011

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1 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II), June 8, 1977, 1125 UNTS 609.

2 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), June 8, 1977, 1125 UNTS 3.

3 See Sofaer, Abraham D., The Position of the United States on Certain Law of War Agreements , 2 Am. U. J. Intl. L. & Pol’y 460, 463 (1988)Google Scholar.

4 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2011/343, Reaffirming America’s Commitment to Humane Treatment of Detainees (Mar. 7, 2011), at http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2011/03/157827.htm.

5 See Matheson, Michael J., The United States Position on the Relation of Customary International Law to the 1977 Protocols Additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions, Remarks before Session One of the Humanitarian Law Conference (Fall 1987) , 2 Am. U. J. Int’l L. & Pol’y 419, 428 & n.39 (1988)Google Scholar.

6 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2011/343, supra note 4.