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Biannual update on national implementation of international humanitarian law * January–June 2014

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 August 2015

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The biannual update on national legislation and case law is an important tool in promoting the exchange of information on national measures for the implementation of international humanitarian law (IHL). In addition to a compilation of domestic laws and case law, the biannual update includes other relevant information related to regional events organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), to the development of national committees for the implementation of IHL or similar bodies and to accession and ratification of IHL and other related international instruments.

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International Review of the Red Cross , Volume 96 , Issue 895-896: Generating respect for the law , December 2014 , pp. 1093 - 1114
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Copyright © icrc 2015 

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This selection of national legislation and case law has been prepared by Lucie Boitard, legal intern in the ICRC Advisory Service on International Humanitarian Law, based on information provided by regional legal advisers.

References

1 In order to assist States, the ICRC Advisory Service proposes a multiplicity of tools, including thematic fact sheets, ratification kits and model laws, all available on the unit's web page, at: www.icrc.org/en/war-and-law/ihl-domestic-law (all internet references were accessed in December 2014).

2 Fifth South Asia Conference on IHL, Sexual Violence and Armed Conflict, report, 8–10 April 2014.

3 To view the full list of IHL-related treaties, please visit the ICRC Treaty Database, Treaties and States Parties to Such Treaties, available at: www.icrc.org/ihl.

4 Editor's note: The ATT entered into force on 24 December 2014.

5 ICRC, IHL National Implementation Database, available at: www.icrc.org/ihl-nat.

6 Available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/implementingLaws.xsp?documentId=8F8FFA1E912703C3C1257E62004CDFCE&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=BF&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BU6&from=state.

7 Available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/implementingLaws.xsp?documentId=C681E1734CB2C779C1257E62004F283E&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=TD&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BU6&from=state.

8 Available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/implementingLaws.xsp?documentId=574056545A066035C1257E620053D05C&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=CO&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BU6&from=state.

9 Available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/implementingLaws.xsp?documentId=6FB98CB972E433EEC1257E6200547ACF&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=CD&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BU6&from=state.

10 Available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/implementingLaws.xsp?documentId=D6FE6928F486E375C1257E58004B3102&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=EC&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BU6&from=state.

11 Available at : www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/implementingLaws.xsp?documentId=B4E4FCE34A4894FDC1257D740040FFAC&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=MX&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BU8&from=state&SessionID=E1KT115T5J.

12 For further information regarding this law, please consult “What's New in Law and Case Law Across the World: Biannual Update on National Legislation Implementing Humanitarian Law and Relevant Case Law, January–June 2007”, International Review of the Red Cross, Vol. 89, No. 867, 2007, p. 760, available at: www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/other/irrc-867-nat-impl-ihl.pdf.

13 Available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/implementingLaws.xsp?documentId=F093E01DC2CB7526C1257D6D0040C998&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=MX&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BUF&from=state.

14 Available at: www.corteidh.or.cr/docs/casos/articulos/seriec_209_ing.pdf.

15 Available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/implementingLaws.xsp?documentId=26DF035F7A2CB224C1257E6C002D426C&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=ES&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BU6&from=state.

16 Available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/implementingLaws.xsp?documentId=F0FED3FA6059C2E0C1257E6200491650&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=SE&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BU6&from=state.

17 Available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/implementingLaws.xsp?documentId=E140B33CFB0E302AC1257E6C002F3696&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=CH&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BU7&from=state&SessionID=E1KT115T5J.

18 Available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/caseLaw.xsp?documentId=7A4ED2FBD4722BFEC1257E6E0047EEDA&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=BA&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BU6&from=state.

19 Available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/caseLaw.xsp?documentId=5E1064A2DC047A3BC1257E6C003377DA&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=CA&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BU6&from=state.

20 Editor's note: The United States is in fact a party to the Fourth Geneva Convention. For more information about States party to the Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, see the ICRC database on treaties and States parties to such treaties, available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/States.xsp?xp_viewStates=XPages_NORMStatesParties&xp_treatySelected=380.

21 Available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/caseLaw.xsp?documentId=C9FF57593F46A4E1C1257E6C0030D97F&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=CH&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BU8&from=state.

22 Available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/caseLaw.xsp?documentId=1DCC74171EEE7186C1257E6C00331781&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=GB&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BU6&from=state.