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United States: War Crimes Act of 1996*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2017

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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1996

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[Reproduced from U.S. Public Law 104-192, August 21, 1996.

[The International Committee of the Red Cross status of Four Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols I and II, as of December 31,1990, appears at 30 I.L.M. 397 (1991). An updated status of the Protocols, as at June 18, 1996, appears at 35 I.L.M. 1339 (1996).The four 1949 Geneva Conventions (for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded and sick in armed forces in the field; for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded, sick, and shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea; relative to the treatment of prisoners of war; and relative to die protection of civilian persons in time of war) appear at 6 UST 3114, 3217, 3316, 3516 and 75 UNTS 31, 85, 135, 287. The 1977 Additional Protocols I and II to the Geneva Conventions, relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (Protocol I) and relating to the protection of victims of nonintemational armed conflicts (Protocol II), appear respectively at 16 I.L.M. 1391 and 1442 (1977).]

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* [Reproduced from U.S. Public Law 104-192, August 21, 1996.

[The International Committee of the Red Cross status of Four Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols I and II, as of December 31,1990, appears at 30 I.L.M. 397 (1991). An updated status of the Protocols, as at June 18, 1996, appears at 35 I.L.M. 1339 (1996).The four 1949 Geneva Conventions (for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded and sick in armed forces in the field; for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded, sick, and shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea; relative to the treatment of prisoners of war; and relative to die protection of civilian persons in time of war) appear at 6 UST 3114, 3217, 3316, 3516 and 75 UNTS 31, 85, 135, 287. The 1977 Additional Protocols I and II to the Geneva Conventions, relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (Protocol I) and relating to the protection of victims of nonintemational armed conflicts (Protocol II), appear respectively at 16 I.L.M. 1391 and 1442 (1977).]