Respuesta del ELN a la Carta de las organizaciones sociales del Espacio Regional de Paz del Cauca al ELN

Year:2012 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) Country / Territory:Colombia PDF:Spanish

Comment: Public letter of the ELN to the social organizations in Cauca in which the ELN expands on humanitarian issues.

Submission of the Republic of Abkhazia 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:Abkhazia (Republic of) Country / Territory:Georgia, Abkhazia PDF:English

Letter of EZLN to ETA

Year:2003 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN) Country / Territory:Mexico PDF:Spanish

Reglamento

Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru (MRTA) Country / Territory:Peru PDF:Spanish

Comment: See: Articles 62, 70, 74 and 80

Statement presented to the United Nations Committee regarding the Decolonization of Southern Rhodesia

Year:1977 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), Zimbabwe Patriotic Front /Patriotic Front Forces Country / Territory:Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe PDF:English

Comment: Humanitarian commitments on distinction can be found on p. 2 (distinction between civilians and persons taking part in hostilities).

Agreement on Ending War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam (Paris Peace Accords)

Year:1973 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (PRG) Country / Territory:Viet Nam PDF:English

Comment: Complete text of Paris Peace Accords.
The database contains some of the Protocols that form part of the Paris Peace Accords as separate documents:

1) Protocol to the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam concerning the Cease Fire in South Vietnam and the Joint Military Commissions
2) Protocol to the Agreement on Ending the war and Restoring Peace in Vietnam Concerning the International Commission of Control and Supervision
3) Protocol to the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam Concerning the Return of Captured Military Personnel and Foreign Civilians and Captured and Detained Vietnamese Civilian Personnel

The New Taliban Codex:Mullah Sabir, the top Taliban leadership recently held a conclave at a secret location. What was the mood like? Interview by Die Weltwoche

Year:2006 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan/Taliban (IEA) Country / Territory:Afghanistan PDF:English

Comment: In response to the question "How strong are the Taliban today"?, Mullah Sabir states:
"We have about 15,000 men. Forty percent are not really Taliban, have not graduated
from any religious school; they are youngsters who join our ranks in sympathy".

This is taken as an indication of probable recruitment of child soldiers by the group.

For Immediate Release: Chin National Front Denies Responsibility for the Maputi Shooting

Year:2005 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Chin National Front/Chin National Army (CNF/CNA) Country / Territory:Burma/Myanmar PDF:English

KNU Statement on Baseless Accusation by SPDC and Call for Nationwide Ceasefire

Year:2011 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Karen National Union/Karen National Liberation Army (KNU/KNLA) Country / Territory:Burma/Myanmar PDF:English

Agreement No. 2 at the Initiative of the International Committee of the Red Cross

Year:1992 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Serbian Democratic Party (SDS), The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Party of Democratic Action (SDA), Croatian Democratic Community (HDZ) Country / Territory:Bosnia and Herzegovina PDF:English

List of Core Principles of PULO's Engagement Rules on the Ground and Activities in Searching for Sustainable Peace in Patani Darussalam

Year:2012 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:Patani United Liberation Organisation/ Pertubuhan Pembebasan Patani Bersatu (PULO) Country / Territory:Thailand PDF:English

Acuerdo por Colombia entre el Gobierno Colombiano y el ELN

Year:2001 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) Country / Territory:Colombia PDF:Spanish

Acuerdo de Prolongación de la Tregua

Year:1986 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo (FARC-EP) Country / Territory:Colombia PDF:Spanish

Acuerdo entre la Comisión de Paz, Diálogo y Verificación y los destacamentos Simon Bolivar y Antonio Nariño del Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN).

Year:1986 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) Country / Territory:Colombia PDF:Spanish

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

Agreement on the Implementation of Principles Governing the Protection and Provision of Humanitarian Assistance to War Affected Civilian Populations

Year:1999 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLM/SPLA) Country / Territory:Sudan, South Sudan PDF:English

Memorandum of Understanding on Cessation of Hostilities between the Government of the Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army

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: Article 3 prohibits the laying of landmines and all acts of violence against the civilian population.
In Article 5, the parties agree to allow unimpeded humanitarian access.

See also: "Addendum to the memorandum of understanding on cessation of hostilities between the Govenment of Sudan (GOS) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLA/M)"

Accord de Cessation des Hostilites en Republique du Congo

Year:1999 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Cobras, Mouvement National de Libération du Congo (MNLC), Mouvement National de Libération du Congo - Rénové (MNLCR), Bana Dol, Résistance Sud Sud, Ninjas Country / Territory:Congo PDF:French, English

Comment: Inter alia the parties agree in the Preamble "the free movement of people and good, as well as humanitarian personnel (...)" and "the release of all civilian and military personnel detained because of the war (...)".

General Peace Agreement for Mozambique

Year:1992 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Resistëncia Nacional Moçambicana (RENAMO) Country / Territory:Mozambique PDF:Unknown

Comment: General Peace Agreement for Mozambique, along with seven Protocols and four related documents.

See especially:

Protocol III "Principles of the Electoral Act", Part III "Liberty of movement and freedom of residence" and Part IV "Return of Mozambican refugees and displaced persons and their social integration".

Protocol VI "Ceasefire", Part I "Cessation of armed conflict", Article 5: the parties agree not to lay mines or prevent mine-clearing operation, not to commit acts of violence against the civilian population as well as to restrict or prevent the freedom of movement.

Protocol VI "Ceasefire", Part III "Release of prisoners, except for those being held for ordinary crimes".

Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in the Philippines between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines

Year:1998 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Country / Territory:Philippines PDF:English