PKK Statement to the United Nations

Year:1995 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Kurdistan Workers' Party/People's Defence Forces (PKK/HPG) Country / Territory:Turkey PDF:English

Rules for the Conduct of Warfare

Year:2004 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:Kurdistan Workers' Party/People's Defence Forces (PKK/HPG) Country / Territory:Turkey PDF:English

Deed of Commitment under Geneva Call for Adherence to a total Ban on Anti-personnel Mines and for Cooperation in Mine Action - PKK/HPG

Year:2006 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Kurdistan Workers' Party/People's Defence Forces (PKK/HPG) Country / Territory:Turkey PDF:English

Declaration of Application of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Protocol I of 1977

Year:1995 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Kurdistan Workers' Party/People's Defence Forces (PKK/HPG) Country / Territory:Turkey PDF:English

Rules for the Conduct of Warfare - 2011

Year:2011 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:Kurdistan Workers' Party/People's Defence Forces (PKK/HPG) Country / Territory:Turkey PDF:Turkish, English

Resolution of the 3rd HPG Conference

Year:2005 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:Kurdistan Workers' Party/People's Defence Forces (PKK/HPG) Country / Territory:Turkey PDF:Turkish, English

Comment: Unofficial translation provided of pages 6 to 10 of the original document.
Art. 1 contains a declaration to abide by the rules of the Geneva Conventions of 1949.
Art. 3 contains a reference to the work of the ICRC.

The entire section, "General Rules" contains a series of humanitarian committments, including references to the principle of distinction, and a definition of the age below which recruitment into the armed forces is prohibited.

General Rules

Year:1995 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:Kurdistan Workers' Party/People's Defence Forces (PKK/HPG) Country / Territory:Turkey PDF:Turkish, English

Comment: Unofficial translation provided for pages 162 to 178

PKK 5th Congress Resolutions

Year:1995 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:Kurdistan Workers' Party/People's Defence Forces (PKK/HPG) Country / Territory:Turkey PDF:Turkish, English

Comment: Unofficial translations of pages 48, 49, 50, 51, 78, 93, 94, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 249 and 250.

Communiqué from the Koma Komalên Kurdistan to the press and public opinion

Year:2006 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Kurdistan Workers' Party/People's Defence Forces (PKK/HPG) Country / Territory:Turkey PDF:Turkish, English

Document concerning the rules to be obeyed by HPG forces in war

Year:2010 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:Kurdistan Workers' Party/People's Defence Forces (PKK/HPG) Country / Territory:Turkey PDF:Turkish, English

Contract of the KCK Union of Communities in Kurdustan

Year:2005 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:Kurdistan Workers' Party/People's Defence Forces (PKK/HPG) Country / Territory:Turkey PDF:Turkish, English

Comment: Unofficial translation of pages 22 and 23 of the original document

Deed of Commitment under Geneva Call for the Protection of Children from the Effects of Armed Conflict - PKK/HPG

Year:2013 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Kurdistan Workers' Party/People's Defence Forces (PKK/HPG) Country / Territory:Turkey PDF:English

Statement on sexual violence and sexual discrimination

Year:2016 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Kurdistan Workers' Party/People's Defence Forces (PKK/HPG) Country / Territory:Turkey PDF:Turkish, English