Their Words

Comprehensive Peace Agreement Held between Government of Nepal and Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)

Year:2006 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN (M)) Country / Territory:Nepal PDF:Nepali, English

Comment: In the Preamble the parties express their commitment towards Human Rights and IHL. Article 5 "Ceasefire" includes a prohibition of mining. Furthermore, the parties guarantee free movement to NGOs, commit to allow voluntary return of displaced persons and guarantee rehabilitation and reintegration of displaced persons. See also Article 7 "Human Rights, Fundamental Rights and Adherence to Humanitarian Law".

Resolver y Humanizar el Conflicto Colombiano

Year:2009 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) Country / Territory:Colombia PDF:Spanish

Comment: Letter to the participants of the Review Conference convened by Geneva Call and the Colombian Campaign to Ban Landmines.

Comunicado a la Opinion Publica Nacional e Internacional - El COCE Asume la Autoría de la ELN en la Muerte de dos Sacerdotes y dos Trabajadores

Year:2005 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) Country / Territory:Colombia PDF:Spanish

Comment: "Killings of innocent people are not part of our policy". The ELN says that justice will be done in accordance with its code of war and commits itself to avoid those incidents. They affirm their rejection of massacres and enforced disappearances.

Communiqué by the Libyan National Transitional Council Regarding Landmines

Year:2011 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:National Transitional Council/Free Libyan Army (NTC/FLA) Country / Territory:Libya PDF:English

Order not to Exceed Authority and Cease Abusing Command Position

Year:1998 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) Country / Territory:Kosovo, Serbia PDF:English

Deed of Commitment on the Use of Child Soldiers

Year:2007 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Karenni National Progressive Party/Karenni Army (KNPP/KA) Country / Territory:Burma/Myanmar PDF:English

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

Year:2002 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Country / Territory:Iraq PDF:English

Frontline Manual

Year:2011 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:National Transitional Council/Free Libyan Army (NTC/FLA) Country / Territory:Libya PDF:Arabic, English

Fifteen-Point Programme of the SPLM

Year:1998 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLM/SPLA) Country / Territory:Sudan, South Sudan PDF:English

Comment: See notably Point 10 "Resettlement of Internally Displaced People and Refugees" and Point 13 "International Cooperation and Human Rights".

Comunicado a la Opinion Publica - el Frente de Guerra Nororiental Informa de la Muerte de dos Sacerdotes y dos Trabajadores

Year:2005 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) Country / Territory:Colombia PDF:Spanish

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.

Treatment of Detainees and Prisoners

Year:2011 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:National Transitional Council/Free Libyan Army (NTC/FLA) Country / Territory:Libya PDF:English

Declaration of Adherence to the Geneva Conventions of 1929

Year:1948 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Agence Juive, Vaad Leumi Country / Territory:Palestine PDF:French

Code of Conduct for Commanders/Code of Conduct for Members

Year:1982 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:Sendero Luminoso (SL) Country / Territory:Peru PDF:English

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

Supplemental General Order for General Order Nos. 1 & 2; and in support of the Action Plan between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the United Nations in the Philippines Regarding the Issue of Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers in the Armed Conflict in Mindanao

Year:2010 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:Moro Islamic Liberation Front/Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (MILF/BIAF) Country / Territory:Philippines PDF:English

Comment: The document contains the Action Plan (see pp. 3 - 13) and the Supplemental General Order (see pp. 15 - 16)

Action Plan between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the United Nations in the Philippines Regarding the Issue of Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers in the Armed Conflict in Mindanao

Year:2009 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Moro Islamic Liberation Front/Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (MILF/BIAF) Country / Territory:Philippines PDF:English

Comment: The document contains the Action Plan (see pp. 3 - 13) and the Supplemental General Order (see pp. 15 - 16).

Agreement on the Civilian Protection Component of the International Monitoring Team