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Terms of Reference of the Civilian Protection Component (CPC) of the International Monitoring Team (IMT)
Year:2010 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Moro Islamic Liberation Front/Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (MILF/BIAF) Country / Territory:Philippines PDF:English
Acuerdo de Puerta del Cielo
Year:1998 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) Country / Territory:Colombia PDF:Spanish
Comment: Agreement between the ELN, the civil society and National Peace Committee. See especially paragraph 9 ff: commitment not to use deprivation of liberty for financial purposes; prohibition of detention of children, pregnant women and elderly people; fight against impunity of crimes against humanity such as enforced disappearances, massacres, torture or genocide; identification of all objects protected by IHL; human treatment of prisoners and wounded; prohibition of taking hostages ; regulation of landmines ; investigations into violations; full respect of the rights of children and prohibition to recruit children under 16 ("in the future, it will be 18"); prohibition of bombing civilian areas; protection of natural resources.
Llamamiento a Soldados, Oficiales y Suboficiales Patriotas
Year:2008 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo (FARC-EP) Country / Territory:Colombia PDF:Spanish
Comment: Especially first sentence of paragraph 6: "In our Statutes and Internal Rules is contemplated the full respect of the physical and moral integrity of every military that falls prisoner during combat". (non official translation)
Acuerdo de los Pozos
Year:2001 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo (FARC-EP) Country / Territory:Colombia PDF:Spanish
Memo of Melito Glor Command on Policy towards Prisoners of War
Year:1988 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Country / Territory:Philippines PDF:English
POWS Release on Humanitarian Grounds Despite AFP Ignorance of IHL
Year:2008 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Country / Territory:Philippines PDF:English
Agreement to Create a Conducive Atmosphere for Peace
Year:2006 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Eastern Sudan Front (ESF) Country / Territory:Sudan PDF:English
Comment: In Paragraph 3, Point 2 the parties confirm to refrain "from all acts of violence against civilians, as well as threats directed at them and their forceful displacement". In Paragraph 4 (b) they commit to release all POWs, as well as persons deprived of their liberty because of war.
NDFP Declaration of Undertaking to Apply the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Protocol I of 1977
Year:1996 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Country / Territory:Philippines PDF:English
Comment: With other documents available as annexes to the Declaration:
- Letter to the Swiss Federal Council
- Letter to the International Committee of the Red Cross
- Program of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines
- Constitution of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines
- List of Revolutionary Allied Organizations in the National Democratic Front of the Philippines
- Guide for establishing the People's Democratic Governemnt
- Basic Rules of the New People's Army
- Declaration of Adherence to International Humanitarian Law
- The Hague Joint Declaration
- The Breukelen Joint Statement
- Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees
- Joint Agreement on the Ground Rules of the Formal Meetings Between the GRP and NDFP Negotiating Panels
- Joint Agreement on the Formation Sequence and Operationalization of the Reciprocal Working Committees (RWCs)
- Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines
- The 1997 European Parliament Resolution on the Philippines
- The 1999 European Parliament Resolution on the Philippines
- Memorandum of the Minimum Age Requirement for NPA Fighters
- On the NPA's Alleged Mass Recruitment of Child Guerillas
- Rules in the Investigation and Prosecution of Suspected Enemy Spies.
- Sample Order of Release of Prisoner of War
Ordre Relatif au Comportement Envers les Prisonniers de Guerre
Year:1944 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia Country / Territory:Socialist Federal Republic of Yougoslavia PDF:French
El Ejército De Liberación Nacional Y El Derecho Humanitario
Year:1995 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) Country / Territory:Colombia PDF:Spanish
Comment: Public declaration of Commander Manuel Pérez. The ELN declares that it considers itself to be bound by the 1949 Geneva Conventions and by Additional Protocol II and reads some passages of the Code of War of the ELN affirming that they are bound by IHL and especially: protection of the civilian population, limitations in means and methods of war and human treatment of PoWs.
Manifesto of the Chinese People's Liberation Army
Year:1947 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Chinese People's Liberation Army (CPLA) Country / Territory:China PDF:English
Comment: See p. 3 last paragraph concerning the treatment of surrendered combatants.
Three Main Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention
Year:1947 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:Chinese People's Liberation Army (CPLA) Country / Territory:China PDF:English
Huit Commandements de l'Armée du Peuple
Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:Conseil National de Libération (CNL) Country / Territory:Congo, the Democratic Republic of the PDF:French
Peace Accords for Angola
Year:1991 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) Country / Territory:Angola PDF:English
Comment: Also known as Bicesse Accords. Ceasefire Agreement, Article II.3 provides for release of all civilian and military prisoners, to be verified by the ICRC. Article II.6 prohibits the laying of mines, as well as acts of violence against civilians.
Layeha for the Mujahideen - 2006 Version
Year:2006 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan/Taliban (IEA) Country / Territory:Afghanistan PDF:English
Comment: This document contains translations of the 2006, 2009 and 2010 version of the Layeha for the Mujahideen.
Layeha for the Mujahideen - 2010 Version
Year:2010 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan/Taliban (IEA) Country / Territory:Afghanistan PDF:English, Pashtun
Comment: See especially prohibited acts in Section 12. This document contains translations of the 2006, 2009 and 2010 version of the Layeha for the Mujahideen.
Layeha for the Mujahideen - 2009 Version
Year:2009 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan/Taliban (IEA) Country / Territory:Afghanistan PDF:English
Comment: See especially prohibited acts in Section 11. This document contains translations of the 2006, 2009 and 2010 version of the Layeha for the Mujahideen.
Acte d'Engagement
Year:2008 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Forces Républicaines Fédéralistes (FRF), Maï-Maï Yakutumba, Maï-Maï Zabuloni, Maï-Maï Kirikicho, Patriotes Résistants Congolais Sud Kivu (PARECO SK), Raïa Mutomboki, Maï-Maï Ny'Kiriba, Maï-Maï Kapopo, Maï-Maï Mahoro, Maï-Maï Shikito, Maï-Maï Shabunda, Simba Maï-Maï, Mudundu 40 Country / Territory:Congo, the Democratic Republic of the PDF:French
Comment: Notably Article III "Des Principes Humanitaires et du Respect des Droits de l'Homme".
Political Programme of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF)
Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) Country / Territory:Ethiopia PDF:English
Comment: The political programme contains notably a chapter on "Human and Civil Rights" (p. 4), as well as on "Women, Children and Minorities" (p. 6).