ICRC IN CENTRAL ASIA:
FACT SHEET 2010
The ICRC mission
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively
humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with as-
sistance. It directs and coordinates the international relief activities conducted by the Movement in situations of conflict. It also
endeavours to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles.
Established in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
IN FOCUS: CHALLENGES TO
HUMANITARIAN NORMS
The International Forum “Contem-
porary Challenges to Humanitarian
Norms” was held in Astana on 10 – 12
November 2009, in cooperation be-
tween the International Committee
of the Red Cross and the Eurasian
National University named after
L. N. Gumilev, with the support of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Re-
public of Kazakhstan. The main pur-
pose of the Forum was to discuss con-
temporary humanitarian issues, with a
focus on Eastern Europe and Central
Asia and a particular emphasis on the
use of force in situations not reaching
the threshold of an armed conflict. The
adequacy of the legal and organiza-
tional response by States and interna-
tional humanitarian organizations as
well as of their interaction was also
taken into consideration through this
multilateral dialogue.
Plenary session. International Forum on “Contemporary Challenges to Humanitarian Norms”,
Astana, November 2009.
The Forum gathered over 50 repre-
sentatives of Ministries of Foreign
Affairs, Defence, Justice and Interior
as well as senior lecturers in public
international and humanitarian law
from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turk-
menistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan,
and ICRC experts from Geneva, Mos-
cow and Tashkent.
The Forum was a useful opportu-
nity to sensitize the participants to
the “new challenges to humanitar-
ian norms” and to discuss, in a mul-
tilateral format, in particular, the use
of force and its humanitarian conse-
quences with representatives of the
national authorities and the academic
circles who maintain regular working
relations with the ICRC in the States
of Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
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In 2009, the ICRC:
• resumed in September its hu-
manitarian visits in Uzbekistan
to detainees held in places of
detention under the Penitentia-
ry Department of the Ministry
of Interior, on the basis of the
agreement concluded in 2001;
• continued its support to the Min-
istries of Health and Justice (Peni-
tentiary Department) of the Kyr-
gyz Republic in their efforts to
control TB in places of detention,
particularly as regards Multi-Drug
Resistant TB in prisons;
• pursued its dialogue with the au-
thorities to get access to places
of detention in Turkmenistan and
carried out a series of workshops
with the penitentiary authorities
under the Ministry of Interior;
• organized an International Fo-
rum in Astana on “Contempora-
ry Challenges to Humanitarian
Norms” for representatives of
relevant ministries and acade-
mic circles of States of Eastern
Europe and Central Asia (see ar-
ticle on page 1–2);
• continued to extend expertise
and support to the Red Crescent
Society of Tajikistan in conduct-
ing Mine Risk Education (MRE)
sessions for the population living
in areas affected by mines and
unexploded remnants of war;
• contributed to the consolidation
of sustainable tracing services of
Central Asian Red Crescent So-
cieties that respond effectively to
the needs of separated families,
in particular as concerns migrant
labourers, foreign detainees and
refugees.
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The quality of the dialogue was high,
as participants expressed their views
– concurring and critical alike – in
an atmosphere of openness and con-
structiveness, and both practical and
academic points of view were pre-
sented. Along with that, the Forum
succeeded in bringing to the partici-
pants’ attention some fundamental
humanitarian norms, which apply to
corresponding situations of use of
armed force, and in exchanging views
on the appropriate future interaction
between States and humanitarian ac-
tors in the area of integrating those
norms in States’ national legislations
and practices.

Saidakhmad Kurbonov
Colonel, Deputy Head of Organization and Revision Directorate, Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Tajikistan
“I and my colleagues from 12 countries were particularly interested in the implementation of humani-
tarian norms in the national legislation, of norms which regulate counter-terrorist operations, as well as
issues of applying humanitarian norms in situations below the threshold of armed conflicts (disorder,
tensions).
I think that the outcomes of the Forum can help prevent violations of humanitarian norms in many
© ICRC countries, which will be beneficial to mankind as a whole.”

Shirin Akhmedova
Director, National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights, Turkmenistan
“The Turkmen participants were particularly interested in issues treated in the working group which dealt
with the implementation of humanitarian norms in the national legislation. Our country is currently con-
ducting cardinal reforms, which include further development of the national legal basis. One of the main
components of renewing Turkmenistan’s legal system is bringing it in conformity with international norms,
which our neutral State is party to.

HUMANITARIAN VISITS TO DETAINEES

Out of purely humanitarian considerations, the ICRC offers its services to the States of the region to assess the material conditions
of detention and the treatment afforded to persons detained in places of detention, primarily to assist the States in establishing the
delicate balance between guaranteeing security and ensuring the respect of fundamental humanitarian norms. In view of the ongo-
ing reforms in the penitentiary systems directed at improving compliance with international standards, the national authorities in
charge can rely on the ICRC’s unique and globally recognised expertise. Through its work in places of detention, the ICRC seeks,
by means of a confidential and constructive dialogue and representations with the authorities concerned, to generate a sustainable
impact regarding required measures of improvement.

Uzbekistan
In September 2009, the ICRC delegates
resumed visits to places of detention.
On the basis of the agreement signed
with the authorities of Uzbekistan in
2001, the ICRC delegates visited per-
sons detained in places of detention
under the authority of the GUIN (peni-
tentiary department), including penal
colonies and some pre-trial facilities in
accordance with the Institution’s stan-
dard working procedures.
The visits were made with a purpose
of assessing the treatment, health and
living conditions of detainees, par-
ticularly those of security detainees,
women, minors and foreigners. Fol-
lowing the visits, verbal confidential
representations and recommendations
on detainees’ treatment and condi-
tions of detention were made to the
detaining authorities through regular
meetings.
Moreover, the ICRC supported the
detainees in re-establishing and main-
taining contact with family members
through the exchange of RCMs.
Facts and figures
Uzbekistan
• 11635 detainees visited in 2009,
of whom 708 monitored individ-
ually (among them – 57 women)
during 18 visits to 10 places of
detention
• 56 RCMs were collected from
and 21 RCMs distributed to de-
tainees

Kyrgyzstan
Throughout the year the ICRC visited
people held in places of detention un-
der the authority of the Ministries of
Justice (Penitentiary Department) and
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Interior, including police stations, pre-
trial detention facilities, and penal colo-
nies. These visits endeavoured to assess
the treatment, health and living condi-
tions of detainees, with particular atten-
tion being given to security detainees,
women, minors, foreigners and detain-
ees sentenced to life imprisonment.
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The ICRC continued to inform the
authorities about its observations,
giving recommendations through
confidential reports and regular
meetings, aimed at improving li-
ving conditions and treatment of
detainees.
Contributing to the struggle against tuberculosis (TB) in places of
detention
© ICRC
A patient taking his medicine in the presence of Ryskul Cholusheva, ICRC Bishkek
medical field officer.
The prevalence of multi-resistant tu-
berculosis (MDR TB) in Kyrgyzstan
remained one of the highest in the
world, posing a serious threat to the
success of TB-control activities both
within and outside prisons. Follow-
ing an internal review of the MDR
TB programme, the ICRC decided to
reinforce its human resources to fur-
ther enhance technical support to the
authorities.
Together with its national and inter-
national partners, the ICRC pursued
a constant dialogue with the Ministry
ICRC IN CENTRAL ASIA: FACT SHEET 2010
The Institution supported detainees in
reestablishing and maintaining fam-
ily contacts through the exchange of
Red Cross Family Messages (RCMs).
This work was carried out in coopera-
tion with the Red Crescent Society of
Kyrgyzstan.
of Health and Justice, later with the
GSIN (Penitentiary Department un-
der the Prime Minister), to strength-
en the latter’s capacities to bring TB
under control in places of detention
through the DOTS-plus programme.
(DOTS stands for “Directly Observed
Therapy, Short-course” and is a major
plank in the WHO global TB eradica-
tion programme. “DOTS-Plus” is an
extension of the DOTS programme to
include the treatment of MDR TB).
The ICRC assisted the GSIN in the
supervision of detection, diagnostic
Facts and figures
Kyrgyzstan
• 7,600 detainees visited in 2009,
of whom 86 monitored individu-
ally (among them – 2 women;
1 minor), during 70 visits to 33
places of detention
• 58 RCMs were collected from
and 42 RCMs distributed to de-
tainees
• 2,796 detainees benefited from
renovation projects aimed at an
improvement of conditions of
detention
• 5 family visits were organised
with support of the ICRC and
the Kyrgyz Red Crescent Soci-
ety for the detainees and their
family members
• Female detainees received hy-
giene kits from the ICRC to
support their sanitary needs
and treatment activities, and distribu-
ted medication to detainees to mini-
mize the side effects of the medication
used in the DOTS-plus programme
as well as food supplementing their
existing diet.
The Deputy Medical Head of GSIN
participated in a World Health or-
ganization’s (WHO) course on TB
management in Riga, Latvia, and one
nurse and one laboratory specialist of
GSIN took part in a WHO course on
MDR TB in Tartu, Estonia – with the
support of the ICRC.

Meeting the loved ones

In September 2009, the ICRC mission in Bishkek received a tracing request
from Nadejda, detained in the Women colony № 2 (Stepnoe). The woman had
been separated from her two sons aged 7 and 5 since the time of her detention
in January 2009. The woman indicated that the last place where she saw her
children was in the Child Rehabilitation Centre (CRC) located near Manas
street in Bishkek.
The ICRC found the children present there. The administration of CRC was most
happy to give its consent for a family visit to the mother. A family visit was organi
sed for the children on November 3. They could spend three days in the colony
© ICRC
with their mother. Nadejda broke into tears when she saw her little sons after
such a long time of separation. Nadejda meets her son after 10 months of
separation

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Turkmenistan
The Turkmen authorities and the
ICRC pursued a dialogue with a view
of possibly concluding an agreement
on ICRC visits to persons detained
in Turkmenistan. In this framework, cedures and its humanitarian assess-
the Delegation organised a series of ment of the material conditions and
3 seminars for penitentiary authorities the treatment in places of detention.
and staff on its standard visiting pro-

INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT

MOVEMENT
The National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies provide in their home countries a wide variety of humanitarian services,
ranging from disaster relief and assistance for the victims of war, to first aid training and restoring family links. The Interna-
tional Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies coordinates activities between the National Societies within the
Movement, and supports their development. The 186 recognized National Red Cross or Red Crescent Societies, their Interna-
tional Federation and the ICRC make up together the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

spective parliaments, ministries and

Tajik Red Crescent Society’s hands-on mine-risk exercise for school students in Rasht Region
In Central Asia, the National Societ-
ies pursued the consolidation of their
institutional capacities, with financial
support and advice from the Interna-
tional Federation and the ICRC. In
addition, the Red Crescent Societies
in Central Asia addressed numerous
humanitarian problems, namely HIV/
AIDS, TB, street children, migration,
recovery of population after disasters,
and others with the support and coor-
dination of the International Federa-
tion, Partner National Societies and
respective governmental structures.
The Central Asian Red Crescent So-
cieties continued to strengthen their
legal bases. The National Societies of
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
and Uzbekistan received support from
the ICRC and the International Feder-
ation for the elaboration of draft laws
to formalise their national status and
role in accordance with the fundamen-
tal principles of the International Red
Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
The Kazakhstan National Society re-
activated the process for the adoption
of an adequate Law on the use of the
Red Cross and/or Red Crescent Em-
blem. The National Societies of Ka-
zakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and
Uzbekistan organized with support of
the ICRC and International Federa-
tion special conferences for/with re-
organizations about their legal status
and mandate. In December, the lower
Chamber of Tajikistan’s Parliament
adopted the law on the status of the
Red Crescent Society.
The five National Societies contrib-
uted to the dissemination of IHL and
humanitarian values, particularly in
secondary schools, local authorities,
armed forces etc. The Red Crescent
Society of Tajikistan continued to
conduct mine risk education sessions
with a view of raising the awareness
of the danger of mines and unexplod-
ed ordnances (UXO) among the pop-
ulation living in the regions affected
by weapon contamination.
The Red Crescent Societies of Kazakh-
stan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turk-
menistan and Uzbekistan jointly with
the ICRC continued to provide family-
links services in these countries.
• 100 Red Cross Messages (RCMs)
were collected from and 144 RCMs
distributed to civilians; 2 calls were
facilitated between separated fam-
ily members
• 75 people were issued with an
ICRC travel document (the ICRC
travel document is a document is-
sued to refugees and displaced or
stateless persons who, because
they lack appropriate documents,
are unable to return to their country
of origin or cannot go to or stay in
the country of choice that is willing
to receive them or keep them).

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FROM INTERNATIONAL LAW TO NATIONAL LEGISLATION

International humanitarian law (IHL) is a set of rules which seeks, for humanitarian reasons, to limit the effects of armed conflicts.
It protects persons who are not or no longer participating in the hostilities and restricts the means and methods of warfare.
ICRC offers advisory legal services for the adaptation of the national legislation to the humanitarian norms enshrined in the rel-
evant international treaties. National authorities may rely on the ICRC’s continued expert advice regarding current developments
in relevant international law, and on its sharing efficient and tailored implementation techniques and best practices.

Although the States of Central Asia Construction under the President (Uz- terial Commission for the Implemen-
are party to many IHL treaties, mech- bekistan, November 2009). tation of International Obligations of
anisms for the integration of the inter- The President of Kazakhstan signed Turkmenistan in the Sphere of Hu-
national norms into the corresponding a law on the ratification of the Ad- man Rights (Human Rights Commis-
national legislation remains in many ditional Protocol III. Exchange of sion) has begun. The National Insti-
cases to be achieved. correspondence as well as working tute of Democracy and Human Rights
meetings continued between the au- under the President of Turkmenistan
In 2009:
thorities of Kazakhstan and the ICRC and the ICRC have agreed to orga-
• Representatives of Kazakhstan, on specific points of the draft Head- nize in January 2010 a Round Table
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turk- quarters Agreement formalizing the for representatives of various govern-
menistan shared experiences in ICRC’s presence in the country. ment institutions who would become
the Second Regional Seminar on In Turkmenistan, work on the estab- members of the Working group under
IHL Implementation in St Peters- lishment of a permanent Working the umbrella of the existing Human
burg, Russian Federation; Group on IHL within the Inter-Minis- Rights Commission.
• The lower Chamber of Tajiki-
stan’s Parliament adopted a Law
on the status of the National So-
ciety;
• Representatives of ministries
and other state bodies of Ka-
zakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
participated in the International
Forum “Contemporary Chal-
lenges to Humanitarian Norms”
in Astana, November 2009.
In Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, guest
lectures on IHL and the International
Red Cross and Red Crescent Move-
ment were conducted for civil ser-
vants – students of the Academy of © ICRC
Public Administration under the Pres-
ident (Kazakhstan, October 2009) Representatives of 12 countries of Central Asia and Eastern Europe discuss “Contemporary
and the Academy of State and Social Challenges to Humanitarian Norms” during the International Forum in Astana

RELATIONS WITH ARMED, POLICE AND SECURITY

FORCES
Following a decade of dissemination of the law of armed conflicts among officers responsible for education in the Central Asian
States’ armed and security forces, the General Staffs of these armed forces may now rely on the ICRC’s expertise in integrating
this law into the standing procedures for the planning and conduct of operations.

Armed Forces
Representatives of the Central Asian
Defence Ministries held around ten
meetings with the ICRC military ex-
pert based in the region on specific
measures required to ensure the per-
manent integration of IHL norms into
the decision making process of the
armed forces. The ICRC delivered
specific trainings to senior officers of
the General Staff of the Ministries of
Defence of the five countries of Cen-
tral Asia. In Kyrgyzstan and Tajiki-
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stan the operational commands have
taken up their role in this regard and
have initiated the work on the assess-
ment of the documents that refer to
the standard principles which guide
the action of arms carriers at strategic,
operational and tactical levels.
Police and Security Forces
The evaluation to ascertain the extent
to which relevant international stan-
dards applicable to policing, in par-
ticular as concerns law enforcement
operations, are integrated into train-
ing programmes and standard operat-
ing procedures of police and security
forces in the region continued. Dis-
cussions took place with the Chief
of Staff of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Tajikistan and workshops
have been conducted with the Interior
© ICRC Troops of the Ministry of Internal Af-
fairs of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on
The ICRC Armed and Security Forces Delegate discusses issues of integration of IHL in the issues regarding crowd control and
Armed Forces. Almaty, Kazakhstan.
the appropriate use of force.

MASS MEDIA AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

The ICRC kept regular contacts with
local media through the distribution of
press-releases and invitations of jour-
nalists to provide media coverage of
humanitarian issues potent in Central
Asia as well of its humanitarian action.
On the occasion of the 60th anniver-
sary of the 1949 Geneva Conven-
tions, round tables were conducted on
12 August 2009, with support from
the relevant Ministries of Foreign Af-
fairs in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and
Uzbekistan, and a press-conference
was held in Kazakhstan.
In December, an information session
with a view to raise awareness among
media representatives of the ICRC ac-
tivities and issues of the Institution’s
humanitarian concern was attended
by a number of journalists represent-
ing some main newspapers in Bish-
kek. Two analogous round tables were
held, in autumn 2009, in Tajikistan.

Integrating IHL in educational practices at the secondary and university levels

In parallel to the integration of IHL and humanitarian principles in educational Standards and curricula, the ICRC
is pursuing its undertaking, initiated more than 10 years ago to contribute to the establishment and consolidation
of pools of educational and academic experts, who have been receiving institutional training on international hu-
manitarian law at partner educational institutions – potential centres of IHL expertise – with a view to promoting
the humanitarian norms in their societies and becoming regular advisors to their national authorities.

A Framework Agreement between the
Ministry of Education, the Kyrgyz
Red Crescent Society and the ICRC
“On cooperation in the organization
of dissemination of knowledge on in-
ternational humanitarian law and its
teaching in secondary and higher edu-
cation institutions of the Kyrgyz Re-
public” was signed on 30 December
2008. This Agreement ensures teach-
ing of IHL in secondary schools and
universities and the maintenance of
IHL in the relevant State educational
standards.
To achieve sustainable development
of teaching IHL basics, in April 2009
the Tajik Ministry of Education and
Science, the Tajik Red Crescent So-
ciety and the ICRC signed a trilateral
Cooperation Agreement on the dis-
semination and teaching of IHL in the
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institutions of secondary and higher
education of Tajikistan.
In Kazakhstan, the Republican In-Ser-
vice Training Institute along with the
Kazakh Red Crescent Society is devel-
oping a plan of activities to study the
experience of adapting and integrat-
ing IHL modules’ materials, originally
prepared by ICRC, into the teaching
process at secondary schools.
In Uzbekistan, the interaction between
the ICRC and the Ministry of Higher
and Secondary Special Education in
the area of improving academic cur-
ricula in secondary education helped
to maintain the level of teaching IHL
© ICRC
basics.
In order to increase the attention of School children in Tajikistan learn humanitarian norms
authorities on IHL integration into the
pre-military training curricula and its cluded memoranda of understanding • 8 professors from partner univer-
practical learning, the ICRC conduct- with the ICRC to ensure the sustain- sities in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
ed the Fourth Regional Pre-Military ability of IHL teaching. In order to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan partici-
Training Seminar for Military Lyce- ensure that young lecturers and se- pated in “The Martens Readings”
ums in March 2009. Moreover, dia- nior students from universities in the Scientific Conference (St. Peters-
logues were held in the form of round region acquired knowledge about burg, June 2009);
IHL:
tables for authorities (Kazakhstan,
• 15 professors from Central Asian
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan), • about 150 students and lecturers partner universities participated in
curriculum developers (Tajikistan, participated in IHL courses in Ka- the International Forum “Contem-
Uzbekistan), trainings of trainers for zakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, porary Challenges to Humanitar-
the Exploring Humanitar-ian Law Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan run ian Norms” (Astana, November
(EHL) project (Kazakhstan), com- by the ICRC in collaboration with 2009);
petitions among pupils and teachers local partner universities;
(Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan)
•6 teams from universities in the • 10 students from partner univer-
for maintaining interaction with edu- sities took part in the Internation-
region took part in the 12th Mar-
cational authorities. al Student Scientific Conference
tens IHL Moot Court Competition on IHL (Yerevan, November
A number of universities in Kazakh- (Moscow, May 2009); 2009).
stan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan con-

ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE IN TAJIKISTAN

In January, the support of the Dushan-
be Orthopaedic Centre was taken over
by the ICRC Special Fund for the Dis-
abled. This step marked the end of ten
years of direct financial and technical
support by the ICRC and the taking
over of the full responsibility for its
management by the Ministry of La-
bour and Social Protection. A budget
contribution from the European Com-
mission in the frame of a programme
targeting the social sector of the Tajik
State enabled the Orthopaedic Centre
to become self-sustainable.
The ICRC will continue to encour-
age the Orthopaedic Centre to fur-
ther enhance its capacities and will
remain in contact with all partners of
the Orthopaedic Centre to make sure
that results achieved so far are further
consolidated.

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ICRC IN CENTRAL ASIA

In Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, the ICRC seeks to contribute to
fostering awareness and an environment that is conducive to the respect for the lives and dignity
of those who may, one day, be adversely affected by armed conflict and other situations of internal
violence. To this end it promotes international humanitarian norms with political authorities and
ministries concerned at all levels, as well as regional organizations of which Central Asian States are
members, armed forces, law enforcement bodies, media, civil society organizations, academic audi-
ences, secondary schools and others.
Equipped with almost 150 years of experience, mandated by 194 States and present in 80 countries
worldwide, the ICRC is committed to assisting these institutions in addressing current and potential
humanitarian concerns, both in preventive and operational ways. The nature of the ICRC’s work
requires its continued neutrality, impartiality and independence. The ICRC does not interfere into
States’ domestic affairs.
In its efforts to this end, it cooperates with the national Red Crescent Societies in each country.
Whenever possible, it seeks that the promotion of the humanitarian norms it undertakes has a sus-
tainable impact, so that its undertakings can be pursued by its target audiences once the ICRC will
have withdrawn.

Humanitarian anniversaries in 2010:

► Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which May
be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects, and its Protocols I, II
and III – 30 years

► Protocol IV to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons
which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects – 15 years

► Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children
in Armed Conflict – 10 years

► Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Adoption of
an Additional Distinctive Emblem (Protocol III) – 5 years

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