Accession to Protocol II by the Republic of Colombia

31-10-1995 Article, International Review of the Red Cross, No. 308

The Republic of Colombia acceded on 14 August 1995 to Protocol II additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts, adopted in Geneva on 8 June 1977.

Pursuant to its provisions, the Protocol will come into force for the Republic of Colombia on 14 February 1996.

This accession brings to 129 the number of States party to Protocol II.