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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]

Geneva Conventions Additional Protocol I (1977)

Emily Crawford

Content type:
Encyclopedia entries
Product:
Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law [MPIL]

Module:
Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]
Article last updated:
June 2015

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 22 January 2025

Subject(s):
National liberation movements — Use of force, prohibition — Geneva Conventions 1949 Additional Protocol 1 — Armed conflict — Care for the sick and wounded — Prisoners of war — Combatants — Belligerence — Occupation

Published under the auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law under the direction of Professor Anne Peters (2021–) and Professor Rüdiger Wolfrum (2004–2020). 

1The Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts, also known as Additional Protocol I (‘AP I’), was adopted in 1977 and was the product of several years of debate and advocacy regarding the need to reaffirm and develop the international law relating to the conduct of armed conflicts. Along with its ‘partner’ Geneva Conventions Additional Protocol II (1977), this new protocol expanded the relevant law regarding international armed conflicts (Armed Conflict,...
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