Lettre du Commandant en chef Fidel Castro au Comité International de la Croix Rouge / Carta del Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro para el Comité International de la Cruz Roja

Year:1958 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Fidel Castro Country / Territory:Cuba PDF:Spanish, French

Agreement on implementation and monitoring mechanisms

Year:2008 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Lord's Resistance Army/Lord's Resistance Movement (LRA/LRM) Country / Territory:Uganda PDF:English

Protocol on the Fundamental Principles of Establishing Peace and National Accord in Tajikistan

Year:1995 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:United Tajik Opposition (UTO) Country / Territory:Tajikistan PDF:English

Lettre du Gouvernement Provisoire Démocratique Grec au Comité International de la Croix-Rouge

Year:1948 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Gouvernement Provisoire Démocratique Country / Territory:Greece PDF:French

Mémoire du Gouvernement de la République Irlandaise au Comité International de la Croix-Rouge

Year:1923 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Irish Republican Army (IRA) Country / Territory:Ireland PDF:French

Southern-Rhodesia Constitutional Conference held at Landcaster House, London - September/ December 1979

Year:1979 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Zimbabwe Patriotic Front /Patriotic Front Forces Country / Territory:Zimbabwe, Southern Rhodesia PDF:English

Protocol of Mutual Understanding between the President of Tajikistan, E.S. Rakhmonov and the Leader of the United Tajik Opposition, S.A. Nuri

Year:1997 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:United Tajik Opposition (UTO) Country / Territory:Tajikistan PDF:English

Handbook for Volunteers of the Irish Republican Army - Notes on Guerilla Warfare

Year:1956 Type of document:Internal Rules and Regulations ANSA:Irish Republican Army (IRA) Country / Territory:Ireland PDF:English

Deed of Commitment under Geneva Call for the Protection of Children from the Effects of Armed Conflict - Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan

Year:2012 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan Country / Territory:Iran, Islamic Republic of PDF:English

Deed of Commitment under Geneva Call for the Protection of Children from the Effects of Armed Conflict - Komala Party of Kurdistan

Year:2012 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Komala Party of Kurdistan Country / Territory:Iran, Islamic Republic of PDF:English

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

PKK 5th Congress Resolutions

Year:1995 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 translations of pages 48, 49, 50, 51, 78, 93, 94, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 249 and 250.

General Rules

Year:1995 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 for pages 162 to 178

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.

Interim Agreement for Peace and Self-Government in Kosovo - The Rambouillet Agreement

Year:1999 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), Serbia (Republic of) Country / Territory:Kosovo, Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yougoslavia PDF:English

Comment: See, in particular, the Framework (pages 4 - 8), and Chapter 7.

The document is structured as follows:

Cover Letter to the UN Secretary General from the Permanent Representative of France to the UN.
Preamble
Framework
Chapter 1 - Constitution of Kosovo.
Chapter 2 - Police and Civil Public Security.
Chapter 3 - Conduct and Supervision of Elections.
Chapter 4 - Economic Issues.
Chapter 4 A - Humanitarian Assistance Reconstruction and Economic Development.
Chapters 5 - Implementation I.
Chapter 6 - Ombudsman.
Chapter 7 - Implementation II: includes provisions on the involvement of the UN Security Council and NATO, demilitarized zones, possession of weapons (including mines, missiles etc) by various forces, border control, and release of prisoners amongst other topics.
Chapter 8 - Amendment, Comprehensive Assessment, and Final Clauses.

Statement of the 2nd Central Committee Meeting: The 3rd General Conference Tenure Chin National Front

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

Comment: See, in particular, point 3.

The KNU Press Release on 1st Meeting between KNU Delegation and Union - Level Peace Delegation

Year:2012 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Karen National Union/Karen National Liberation Army (KNU/KNLA) Country / Territory:Burma/Myanmar PDF:English

Statement on the Use of Karen Civilians for Forced Labor and as Human Shield by Burma Army

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

State of Freedom Struggle

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

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.