Respect for human rights in armed conflicts
- Author: UN General Assembly
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Date:
9 December 1970
XXV. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
2677. Respect for human rights in armed conflicts
1. Calls upon all parties to any armed conflict to observe the rules laid down in the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, the Geneva Protocol of 1925, the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and other humanitarian rules applicable in armed conflicts, and invites those States which have not yet done so to adhere to those instruments;
2. Expresses the hope that the conference of government experts to be convened in 1971 by the International Committee of the Red Cross will consider further what development is required in existing humanitarian laws applicable to armed conflicts, and that it will make specific recommendations in this respect for consideration by Governments;
3. Requests the Secretary General:
(a) To invite early comments by Governments on his reports;
(b) To transmit his reports and the comments of Governments thereon, together with the records of relevant discussions and resolutions of the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the Commission on Human Rights, to the International Committee of the Red Cross for consideration, as appropriate, by the conference of government experts;
(c) To present the comments received to the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth session and to report at that session on the results of the conference of government experts to be convened by the International Committee of the Red Cross and on any other relevant developments;
4. Decides to consider this question again, in all its aspects, at the twenty-sixth session.
1922nd plenary meeting,9 December 1970.
[1] Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Hague Conventions and Declarations of 1899 and 1907 (New York, Oxford University Press, 1915). [2] League of Nations, Treaty Series, vol. XCIV (1929), No. 2138. [3] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75 (1950), Nos. 970-973. [4] Final Act of the International Conference on Human Rights (United Nations publication, Sales No.: E.68.XIV.2), p. 18. [5] A/7720 and A/8052. [6] See A/7720, annex I, section D.
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