Laws of the New Sudan - The SPLA Act

Year:2003 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: See Annex: Code of Conduct for the SPLA

Accord Général de Paix entre le Gouvernement de la République du Sénégal et le Mouvement des Forces Démocratiques de la Casamance (MFDC)

Year:2004 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Mouvement des Forces Démocratiques de la Casamance (MFDC) Country / Territory:Senegal PDF:French

Comment: Especially Article 4.1 on humanitarian demining.

Respuesta a la Propuesta de Acuerdos para la Paz del Supremo Gobierno

Year:1994 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN) Country / Territory:Mexico PDF:Spanish

Comment: Especially point 13: EZLN commits itself to respect international treaties that regulate hostilities in times of war.

Statute of the Sudan Revolutionary Front of 2012

Year:2012 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) Country / Territory:Sudan PDF:English, Arabic

Comment: See notably Chapter II "Principles, Objectives and Means", Point 4 "Principles", as well as Chapter IV "General Provisions", Point 22 (ii) fixing female representation in the SRF at a ratio of no less than 25%, and Point 29 saying that IHL constitutes an inegral part of the statute.

Declaración Pública sobre Prisioneros y Retenciones

Year:2012 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo (FARC-EP) Country / Territory:Colombia PDF:Spanish

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

Year:2002 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Benadiri Country / Territory:Somalia PDF:English

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

Year:2002 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Hiran Patriotic Alliance (HPA) Country / Territory:Somalia PDF:English

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

Year:2002 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Puntland State of Somalia Country / Territory:Somalia PDF:English

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

Year:2005 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Juba Valley Alliance (JVA) Country / Territory:Somalia PDF:English

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

Year:2002 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Jowhar Administration Country / Territory:Somalia PDF:English

Declaración Pública Relativa a Escudos Humanos en Medellín

Year:2011 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 last paragraph: recommendation to the civilian population that they stay away from military objectives.

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)

Comunicado a las Comunidades Indígenas del Occidente Colombiano y a la Opinión Pública en General

Year:2006 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) Country / Territory:Colombia PDF:Spanish

Comment: The ELN reaffirms its respect of indigenous communities, their culture, territory and autonomy.

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.

Foro Internacional Minas Antipersonales y Acuerdos Humanitarios

Year:2004 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) Country / Territory:Colombia PDF:Spanish

Comment: Statement to the International Forum on AP Mines, NSAs and humanitarian agreements.The ELN considers itself bound by the 1949 Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol II and states its respect for the Ottowa Convention.

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

Year:2003 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa ng Mindanao/Revolutionary People's Army (RPM-M/RPA) Country / Territory:Philippines PDF:English

Ponencia del ELN en el Seminario Internacional "Problemas de la Revolución en América Latina"

Year:2007 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) Country / Territory:Colombia PDF:Spanish

Comment: Especially pp. 10 - 11: The ELN declares its respect of IHL.

Hacia un Acuerdo Nacional Por la Paz

Year:2010 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) Country / Territory:Colombia PDF:Spanish

Comment: Especially p.3: the ELN "reiterates its respect and observance of IHL".

Comunicado a la Opinión Pública Sobre el Conflicto con el ELN

Year:2006 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo (FARC-EP) Country / Territory:Colombia PDF:Spanish

Comment: Message asking the civilian population to stay away from military objectives and warning them that they will lose their protection if they participate in hostilities.

Comunicado Público: Desmentido del Frente de Guerra Nororiental

Year:2011 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) Country / Territory:Colombia PDF:Spanish

Comment: Paragraph 6: "It is common knowledge that the ELN agrees to the codes of war and rules of IHL and when, for any reason, it committed mistakes, it publicly acknowledged it" (non official translation)