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Follow-up to the International Conference for the Protection of War Victims (1993) — Guidelines for Military Manuals and Instructions on the Protection of the Environment in Times of Armed Conflict

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Hans-Peter Gasser
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Abstract

Resolution 1 adopted by the 26th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (Geneva, 1995) endorsed the recommendations drawn up by an intergovernmental group of experts charged with translating the Final Declaration of the International Conference for the Protection of War Victims (Geneva, August/September 1993) into proposals for “concrete and effective measures”. These recommendations are addressed primarily to the States party to the Geneva Conventions, including the depositary of those instruments. However, the ICRC, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are also urged to contribute to the effort of achieving better implementation of international humanitarian law, the main objective being to prevent violations from occurring.

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International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 36 , Issue 311 , April 1996 , pp. 230 - 237
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1996

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References

1 IRRC, No. 310, 01–02 1996, pp. 58–60 CrossRefGoogle Scholar. For the text of the Final Declaration of the International Conference for the Protection of War Victims, see IRRC, No. 296, 09–10 1993, pp. 377–381 Google Scholar, and for the Recommendations of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts for the Protection of War Victims see IRRC, No. 304, 01–02 1995, pp. 33–38.Google Scholar

2 Bouvier, A., “Protection of the natural environment in time of armed conflict”, IRRC, No. 285, 11–12 1991, pp. 567–578 CrossRefGoogle Scholar, and “Recent studies on the protection of the environment in time of armed conflict”, IRRC, No. 291, 11–12 1992, pp. 554–566.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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4 See A. Bouvier's articles (note 2) and the more recent account in Gasser, H. P., “For better protection of the natural environment in armed conflict: a proposal for action”, 89 American Journal of International Law, 1995, pp. 637–644.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

5 GA res. 49/50, of 9 December 1994. The Guidelines have been published as an annex to UN Doc. A/49/323 (1994). See also H. P. Gasser (note 4).

6 UN Doc. A/49/323 (1994) and GA res. 49/50 (1994).