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Section National implementation of international humanitarian law: model laws With a view to facilitating implementation of the rules of international humanitarian law at the national level, the ICRC’s Advisory Service on International Humanitarian Law proposes model laws and offers advice on drafting legislation. Examples of laws and regulations adopted by States to implement international humanitarian law are available in the IHL - National Implementation database.  Cluster munitions31-12-2008 Model law Convention on Cluster MunitionsLegislation for Common Law States on the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions (Humanitarian law\National implementation\Publications\Model laws) Includes PDF Emblem15-7-2008 Model law on the emblemsNational legislation on the use and protection of the emblem of the Red Cross,
Red Crescent and Red Crystal (Humanitarian law\National implementation\Publications\Model laws) Includes PDF Mines22-8-2003 Model of legislation for common law States to implement the 1997 Ottawa Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Antipersonnel Mines and on their Destruction(Humanitarian law\National implementation\Publications\Model laws) Includes PDF Missing28-2-2009 Guiding principles / Model Law on the missingPrinciples for legislating the situation of persons missing as a result of armed conflict or internal violence: measures to prevent persons from going missing and to protect the rights and interests of the missing and their families. (Humanitarian law\National implementation\Publications\Model laws) Geneva Conventions Act31-8-2008 Model Law - Geneva Conventions (Consolidation) ActLegislation for Common Law States on the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 and 2005 Additional Protocols (Humanitarian law\National implementation\Publications\Model laws) Includes PDF 21-2-2003 Model Geneva Conventions Act (for common law States)Using the Geneva Conventions Acts adopted by different States, and following discussions held with common law experts, the ICRC Advisory Service on IHL has drawn up this model Geneva Conventions Act. This Model Act gives effect to the provisions of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and to their two Additional Protocols of 1977. (Humanitarian law\National implementation\Publications\Model laws) Fact Sheet31-10-2003 Missing Persons and their FamiliesFact sheet describing the problem of missing persons and providing recommendations for drafting national legislation in this area. (Humanitarian law\National implementation\Publications\Fact sheets) Fact Sheet Includes PDF International Review of the Red Cross30-9-2005 Model law: the Biological and Toxin Weapons Crimes Act.An Act to implement obligations under the 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention and the 1925 Geneva Protocol (Info resources\International Review\2005 - No. 859) International Review of the Red Cross Includes PDF  |
