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Heintze, Hans-Joachim; Zwitter, Andrej

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“…According to Chapter VIII, three years after the entry into force of this Agreement, an international meeting shall be convened to determine a mechanism for a final settlement for Kosovo, on the basis of the will of the people, opinions of relevant authorities, each Party's efforts regarding the implementation of this Agreement, and the Helsinki Final Act, and to undertake a comprehensive assessment of the imprisonment for violating the laws or customs of war and for crimes against humanity. implementation of this Agreement and to consider proposals by any party for additional measures 10 . The Rambouillet Agreement preceded to and resulted in the UN Security Council Resolution 1244, which actually legitimizes the international military and political presence of the international community in Kosovo.…”

Section: Kosovo Between a Non-international Conflict And An Internati...mentioning

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Customary Sources of International Humanitarian Law, Geneva Conventions and their Relationship with the Second Additional Protocol of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 Relating to the Protection of Victims in the Non- International Armed Conflicts

Krasniqi

Hoti

Shala

et al. 2023

Integr. J. Res. Arts Humanities

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This paper will address the importance of customary humanitarian law as a source of international humanitarian law which is one of the main pillars in the protection of human rights and freedoms during the war. The focus of the paper is the importance of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the second additional protocol dealing with the protection of victims during non-international armed conflicts. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the actual role of the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol II in providing legal protection to individuals in non-international armed conflicts. Article 3, is a common Article for all the Geneva Conventions of 1949, which aims to assist and serve as a mandatory norm in non-international armed conflicts. On the other hand, this Article is "assisted" by the second additional protocol which provides slightly more explanations separately from these conventions, regarding the protection of victims during armed conflicts of a non-international character. We are witnessing that the world is evolving more and more every day and armed conflicts are becoming more and more frequent due to different interests that certain social groups have. In this regard, it is necessary to draft more detailed norms with binding force for the parties to the conflict, in order to reduce or avoid consequences on people. The question raised in this paper is: why should the Additional Protocol II to the Geneva Conventions be binding and enforceable along with the four 1949 Conventions? In this paper, the case of Kosovo will be addressed. In this paper are used the analysis, comparison, historical methods of research.

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“…Opinio juris has no specific legal obligation as to providing assistance to unarmed persons, victims of fighting, etc. Both in Customary International Law and in International Law, opinio juris, is a debated upon and unresolved notion in terms of obligation regarding implementation(Heintze, H.J;et.al, 2011).…”

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