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Umkhonoto We Sizwe Military Code

Year:1985 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:African National Council/Umkhonto We Sizwe (ANC/MK) Country / Territory:South Africa PDF:English

Comment: The Report of Commission on National Structures, Constitutional Guidelines and Codes of Conduct includes the Code of Discipline as well as the Umkhonoto we Sizwe Military Code.

The Nuba Mountains Cease Fire Agreement

Year:2002 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLM/SPLA) Country / Territory:Sudan, South Sudan PDF:English

Comment: Especially Article II "Principles of the Cease-Fire" which guarantees the freedom of movement of civilians and goods, including humanitarian assistance. Furthermore, it prohibits the laying of mines, sabotage as well as all violence against civilians. See also Article III "Principle of the Agreement" which prohibits the laying of mines. The parties commit to mark and map danger areas and to facilitate the removal of mines. Furthermore, the parties agree to facilitate humanitarian assistance to displaced and affected persons.

Statement of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army on the Occasion of the Signing and Depositing to Geneva Call Deed of Commitment to Ban Landmines

Year:2001 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

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

Year:2001 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

SPLM-United/Operation of Lifeline Sudan Agreement on Ground Rules

Year:1996 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Sudan People's Liberation Army - United (SPLM/SPLA-United) Country / Territory:Sudan, South Sudan PDF:English

Code of Conduct of the FSA

Year:2012 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:Free Syrian Army (FSA) Country / Territory:Syrian Arab Republic PDF:English, Arabic

Announcement on minors in the conflict

Year:2015 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo (FARC-EP) Country / Territory:Colombia PDF:English

Règlement d'ordre intérieur (ROI) - NDCR

Year:2014 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:Nduma Defence of Congo Rénové (NDCR) Country / Territory:Congo, the Democratic Republic of the PDF:French

Comment: Article 29: Prohibition of rape against women and killing of civilians.
Article 30: Prohibition of child recruitment.
Article 31: Prohibition of pillage, extorsion and kidnapping.
Article 34: Any case of arbitrary arrest of civilians [...] [is] punishable by imprisonment of 3 months and compensation for the damage caused.

Acuerdo Politico entre el FMLN y la Juventud Militar para la Constitucion del Nuevo Ejercito

Year:1981 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN) Country / Territory:El Salvador PDF:English

Comment: The FMLN says its new army will treat adequately PoWs and will respect the Geneva Conventions of 1949.

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

Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Abkhazia on Universal Military Duty and Military Service

Year:2010 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:Abkhazia (Republic of) Country / Territory:Georgia, Abkhazia PDF:Russian, English

Declaration Issued by Factions of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Lebanon and the Forces of the Palestinian National Coalition in Lebanon on the Protection of Children from the Effects of Armed Conflict and Violence

Year:2013 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Palestine Liberation Organization in Lebanon (PLO Lebanon), Forces of the Palestinian National Coalition in Lebanon Country / Territory:Lebanon PDF:Arabic, English

Comment: An unofficial translation of the original Arabic text is provided.

Please note that this declaration is issued by the Palestine Liberation Organization in Lebanon (PLO Lebanon) and the Forces of the Palestinian National Council in Lebanon, two umbrella organizations of Palestinian ANSAs in Lebanon

Afghan Peace Accord

Year:1993 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Harakat-e Inqilab-e Islami wa Melli-ye Afghanistan, Mahaz-e Milli-ye Islami-ye Afghanistan, Harkat-e-Islami, Hizbe-e-Islami, Jabha-e Nijat-e Milli-ye Afghanistan, Ittehad-e-Islami, Hezb-e Wahdat-e Islami-ye Afghanistan Country / Territory:Afghanistan PDF:English

Comment: Also known as Islamabad Accord.

Ordre du Commandant Josip Broz Tito concernant le Comportement Envers les Prisonniers de Guerre

Year:1941 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

Declaration of the Second Meeting of Signatories to Geneva Call's "Deed of Commitment for Adherence to a total Ban on Anti-personnel Mines and for Cooperation in Mine Action"

Year:2009 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Zomi Re-unification Organisation (ZRO), Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa ng Mindanao/Revolutionary People's Army (RPM-M/RPA), Frente Popular de Liberación de Saguía el Hamra y Río de Oro (Frente Polisario), Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF), Pa’O Peoples’ Liberation Organisation/Pa’O Peoples’ Liberation Army (PPLO/PPLA), National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN), Moro Islamic Liberation Front/Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (MILF/BIAF), Kurdistan People's Congress - Kongra Gel (Kongra Gel), Somali National Front (SNF), Jowhar Administration, United Somali Congress/Somali National Alliance (USC/SNA), Puntland State of Somalia, Kuki National Organisation/Army (KNO/KNA), Kurdistan Organization of the Communist Party (Komalah), Komala Party of Kurdistan, Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan, Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), Chin National Front/Chin National Army (CNF/CNA), Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLM/SPLA), Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa - Pilipinas/Revolutionary Proletarian Army - Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPM-P/RPA-ABB) Country / Territory:Turkey, India, Somalia, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Burma/Myanmar, Morocco, South Sudan, Western Sahara, Philippines, Sudan PDF:English

Comment: Declaration made by: Chin National Front/Army (CNF/CNA) - Burma/Myanmar; Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) - Iran; Jowhar Administration - Somalia; Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan - Iran; Komala Party of Kurdistan - Iran; Komalah – Kurdistan Organization of the Communist Party of Iran - Iran; Kuki National Organisation (KNO) - India; Kurdistan People’s Congress (Kongra Gel) - Turkey; Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) - Philippines; National Socialist Council of Nagalim – Isac/Muivah faction (NSCN-IM) - India; Pa’O Peoples’ Liberation Organisation/Pa’O Peoples’ Liberation Army (PPLO/PPLA) - Burma/Myanmar; Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF) - Burma/Myanmar; Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro (Polisario Front) - Western Sahara; Puntland State of Somalia - Somalia; Revolutionary Workers Party of Mindanao (RPM-M) - Philippines; Revolutionary Workers’ Party of the Philippines/Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPM-P/RPA-ABB) - Philippines; Somali National Front (SNF)/Somalia Reconciliation and Restoration Council (SRRC) - Somalia; Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) - Sudan; United Somali Congress/Somali National Alliance (USC/SNA)/SRRC - Somalia; Zomi Re-unification Organization (ZRO) - India

Code of Rules and Attitudes of the Organisation for the Successful Conduct of Fighting

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

National Resistance Army Statute

Year:1992 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:National Resistance Movement/National Resistance Army (NRM/NRA) Country / Territory:Uganda PDF:English

Comment: Includes the code of conduct for the army (pp. 57 - 59).

20 Holy Spirit Safety Precautions

Year:1987 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:Holy Spirit Movement/Holy Spirit Mobile Force (HSM/HSMF) Country / Territory:Uganda 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

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