Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions

Geneva Conventions Protocol I
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I)
Type	Protocol
Drafted	20 February 1974 – 8 June 1977
Signed	8 June 1977
Location	Geneva
Effective	7 December 1978
Signatories	3 states Iran ; Pakistan ; United States;
Parties	174 states Afghanistan ; Albania ; Algeria ; Angola ; Antigua and Barbuda ; Argentina ; Armenia ; Australia ; Austria ; Bahamas ; Bahrain ; Bangladesh ; Barbados ; Belarus ; Belgium ; Belize ; Benin ; Bolivia ; Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Botswana ; Brazil ; Brunei ; Bulgaria ; Burkina Faso ; Burundi ; Cape Verde ; Cambodia ; Cameroon ; Canada ; Central African Republic ; Chad ; Chile ; China ; Colombia ; Comoros ; Congo ; Cook Islands ; Costa Rica ; Ivory Coast ; Croatia ; Cuba ; Cyprus ; Czech Republic ; North Korea ; DR Congo ; Denmark ; Djibouti ; Dominica ; Dominican Republic ; Ecuador ; Egypt ; El Salvador ; Equatorial Guinea ; Estonia ; Eswatini ; Ethiopia ; Fiji ; Finland ; France ; Gabon ; Gambia ; Georgia ; Germany ; Ghana ; Greece ; Grenada ; Guatemala ; Guinea ; Guinea-Bissau ; Guyana ; Haiti ; Holy See ; Honduras ; Hungary ; Iceland ; Iraq ; Ireland ; Italy ; Jamaica ; Japan ; Jordan ; Kazakhstan ; Kenya ; Kuwait ; Kyrgyzstan ; Laos ; Latvia ; Lebanon ; Lesotho ; Liberia ; Libya ; Liechtenstein ; Lithuania ; Luxembourg ; Madagascar ; Malawi ; Maldives ; Mali ; Malta ; Mauritania ; Mauritius ; Mexico ; Micronesia ; Monaco ; Mongolia ; Montenegro ; Morocco ; Mozambique ; Namibia ; Nauru ; Netherlands ; New Zealand ; Nicaragua ; Niger ; Nigeria ; North Macedonia ; Norway ; Oman ; Palau ; Palestine ; Panama ; Paraguay ; Peru ; Philippines ; Poland ; Portugal ; Qatar ; South Korea ; Moldova ; Romania ; Russia ; Rwanda ; Saint Kitts and Nevis ; Saint Lucia ; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ; Samoa ; San Marino ; São Tomé and Príncipe ; Saudi Arabia ; Senegal ; Serbia ; Seychelles ; Sierra Leone ; Slovakia ; Slovenia ; Solomon Islands ; South Africa ; South Sudan ; Spain ; Sudan ; Suriname ; Sweden ; Switzerland ; Syria ; Tajikistan ; Timor-Leste ; Togo ; Tonga ; Trinidad and Tobago ; Tunisia ; Turkmenistan ; Uganda ; Ukraine ; United Arab Emirates ; United Kingdom ; Tanzania ; Uruguay ; Uzbekistan ; Vanuatu ; Venezuela ; Vietnam ; Yemen ; Zambia ; Zimbabwe;
Depositary	Swiss Federal Council
Languages	English; Arabic; Chinese; Spanish; French; Russian;
Full text
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Protocol I (also Additional Protocol I and AP I) is a 1977 amendment protocol to the Geneva Conventions concerning the protection of civilian victims of international war, including "armed conflicts in which peoples are fighting against colonial domination, alien occupation or racist regimes". In practice, Additional Protocol I updated and reaffirmed the international laws of war stipulated in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 to accommodate developments of warfare since the Second World War (1937–1945).