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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.

Submission of the PDKI to the Geneva Call publication "In Their Words: Perspectives of Armed non-State Actors on the Protection of Children from the Effects of Armed Conflict"

Year:2010 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) Country / Territory:Iran, Islamic Republic of 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

Constitution of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement

Year:2008 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLM/SPLA) Country / Territory:Sudan, South Sudan PDF:English

Comment: Especially Chapter II "Guiding Principles and Objectives of the SPLM" and Chapter IV "Gender and Affirmative Action" on the rights of women.

Declaración sobre el Derecho Internacional Humanitario

Year:1995 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) Country / Territory:Colombia PDF:Spanish

Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement

Year:2006 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Eastern Sudan Front (ESF) Country / Territory:Sudan PDF:English

Comment: In Chapter One "Political Issues", Article 6 "Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms" the parties commit to respect Human Rights. In Chapter Two "Economic, Social and Cultural Issues", Article 22 "Strategic Objectives" the parties fixe as fundamental objectives of the development in Eastern Sudan the return and rehabilitation of displaced persons as well as the guarantee that all the development programs address specific needs of women. In Chapter Three "Comprehensive Ceasefire and Final Security Arrangements", Article 25 "General Principles", § 86 the parties reaffirm their respect for Human Rights. In Article 25 "Comprehensive Ceasefire Agreement", § 91 (b) the parties agree to protect civilians from acts of violence. Several times the parties affirm that special measures shall be taken to ensure women's participation.

La Charte de Kouroukan Fouga

Year:1236 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:Soudiata Keïta Country / Territory:Mali PDF:French

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

Acuerdo de Cronograma de Consenso Para el Futuro del Proceso de Paz

Year:2002 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo (FARC-EP) Country / Territory:Colombia PDF:Spanish

Reaction of Islamic Emirate regarding accusation of UNAMA about explosive devices

Year:2012 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan/Taliban (IEA) Country / Territory:Afghanistan PDF:English

Memorandum of Understanding on the Application of IHL between Croatia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Year:1991 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Croatia (Republic of) , Serbia (Republic of) Country / Territory:Socialist Federal Republic of Yougoslavia, Croatia, Serbia 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

Resolution Concerning Antipersonnel Landmines

Year:2009 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran (CNFI) Country / Territory:Iran, Islamic Republic of PDF:English

Chapultepec Peace Agreement

Year:1992 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN) Country / Territory:El Salvador PDF:English

Comment: Chapter I "Armed Forces", Article 11 prohibits forcible recruitment. Chapter VII "Cessation of Armed Conflict", Article 5 enumerates prohibited acts of violence including the laying of mines and any act that infringes the right of the civilian population.

El Codigo de Guerra

Year:1995 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) Country / Territory:Colombia PDF:Spanish, English

Agreement on the Application of IHL between the Parties to the Conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Year:1992 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Party of Democratic Action (SDA), Serbian Democratic Party (SDS), Croatian Democratic Community (HDZ) Country / Territory:Socialist Federal Republic of Yougoslavia PDF:English

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.

Program of the Communist Party of Iran

Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Kurdistan Organization of the Communist Party (Komalah) Country / Territory:Iran, Islamic Republic of 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.

Declaration of the RPM-P/RPA-ABB Against the Use and Production of Landmines

Year:2000 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa - Pilipinas/Revolutionary Proletarian Army - Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPM-P/RPA-ABB) Country / Territory:Philippines PDF:English