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Synopsis IX: Respect for the human being in the Geneva Conventions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Jean de Preux
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Extract

The persons protected by the Geneva Conventions must be accorded respect in the first place because they are human beings. But they also are entitled to a certain degree of respect in their capacity as individuals, soldiers, nationals of a foreign State and, to a certain extent, as combatants.

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Research Article
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International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 29 , Issue 270 , June 1989 , pp. 217 - 227
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1989

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References

1 The Roman numerals refer to the First (I), the Second (II), the Third (III) and the Fourth (IV) Geneva Conventions (C). The abbreviation P. I stands for Additional Protocol I. The articles are indicated by Arabic numbers.

2 See Synopsis III: “Special protection of women and children”, International Review of the Red Cross (IRRC), No. 248, 09–10 1985, pp. 292–302.Google Scholar

3 See Synopsis VI, “Relief”, IRRC, No. 254, 09–10 1986, pp. 268–278.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

4 Regulations respecting the laws and customs of war on land. — Annex to the Hague Convention No. IV of 18 October 1907.

5 See Synopsis V: “Capture”, IRRC, No. 251, 03–04 1986, pp. 89–100.Google Scholar