Respect for Human Rights in Armed Conflicts

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1976.

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Conferences Human Rights in Armed Conflicts

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Calls upon all parties to armed conflicts to acknowledge and to comply with their obligations under the humanitarian instruments and to observe the internati?nal humanitarian rules which are applicable, in particular the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, 111 the Geneva Protocol of 192518 and the Geneva Conventions of 1949 ;17

Calls the attention of the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts, and ?f the Governments and organizations participating in 1t, to ,the need for measures to promote on a universal basis the dissemination of and instruction in the rules of in~emational humanitarian law applicable in armed conflicts;

Urges all participants in ,the Diplomatic Conference to do their utmost to reach agreement on additional rules which may help to alleviate the suffering brought about by armed conflicts and to respect and protect non<ombatants and civilian objects in such conflicts;

Takes note with appreciation of the decision of the Diplomatic Conference on the protection of journalists engaged in dangerous professional missions in areas of armed conflict, and of the intention of the ~onference t? complete its work on the subject during its next session;

13 A/10195 and Corr.I and Add.I.

14 A/10147.

111 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Th• Ha.gw Conventions and Declarations of 1899 and 1907 (New York, Oxford University Press, 1915).

18 League of Natiom, Treaty Series, vol. XCIV, No. 2138, p. 65.

17 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Noa. 970-973.

Expresses its appreciation to the Swiss Federal Council for convoking the third session of the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts from 21 April to 11 June 197 6 and to the International Committee of the Red Cross for convoking a second Conference of Government Experts on Weapons That May Cause Unnecessary Suffering or Have Indiscriminate Effects, to be held at Lugano from 28 January to 26 February 1976;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-first session on relevant developments concerning human rights in armed conflicts, in particular on the proceedings and results of the 1976 session of the Diplomatic Conference;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-first session the item entitled "Respect for human rights in armed conflicts".

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