Prisoners of War, Ethiopia’s Claim 4 (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

Abstract

War and armed conflict — Prisoners of war — Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War, 1949 — Whether stating rules of customary international law — Treatment of prisoners of war — Conditions of evacuation — Principles of humane treatment — Medical treatment — Allowance for conditions in third world country — Treatment of wounded and sick prisoners — Evacuation conditions — Harsh treatment — Failure of State to take adequate steps to inform its soldiers of their duties under international humanitarian law — Refusal of access to International Committee of the Red Cross — Failure to investigate deaths in custody — Conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia

Arbitration — Evidence — Burden of proof — Confidential material belonging to third party — International Committee of the Red Cross — Refusal to allow access to material — Eritrea–Ethiopia Claims Commission

Treaties — Succession — Whether Eritrea becoming party to the Geneva Conventions by succession on its secession from Ethiopia — Accession to Geneva Conventions — Date from which Conventions in force between Eritrea and Ethiopia

State succession — Treaties — Secession of one part of existing State — Whether new State becoming party to humanitarian treaties by succession