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Reservations to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Claude Pilloud
Claude Pilloud*
Affiliation:
Director, ICRC
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Extract

On signature, Portugal entered a reservation concerning this article and Article 13 of Convention I but did not maintain it on ratification. It reads as follows:

The Portuguese Government makes a reservation regarding the application of the above Articles in all cases in which the legitimate Government has already asked for and agreed to an armistice or the suspension of military operations of no matter what character, even if the armed forces in the field have not yet capitulated.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 16 , Issue 181 , April 1976 , pp. 163 - 187
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1976

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References

page 167 note 1 The reservation made by Guinea-Bissau applies only to Article 45 of Convention IV.

page 171 note 1 Report of the International Law Commission covering its Second Session, 5 June-29 July 1950 General Assembly, Official Records: Fifth Session, Supplement No. 12 (A/1316).

page 171 note 2 See, in particular, Dr. Otto Lachmayer, Juristische Blätter, Vienna, 1956, No. 4, pp. 85–87.Google Scholar

page 178 note 1 Report of the third session of the International Law Commission No. 9 (A/1858).

page 179 note 1 Report of the third session of the International Law Commission; No. 9 (A/1858).

page 179 note 2 Law Reports of Trials of War Criminals, Vol. XII, p. 68, London, 1949.

page 179 note 3 Human Rights. A compilation of international instruments of the United Nations, New York, 1973.

page 182 note 1 Commentary, Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Geneva, 1960, Vol. III, pp. 540–549.Google Scholar

page 185 note 1 Commentary, Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, Geneva, 1958, pp. 345–346.Google Scholar