International Humanitarian Law - National Implementation

Implementing Laws & Regulations - by State

Afghanistan

Agreement on provisional arrangements in Afghanistan pending the re-establishment of permanent government institutions (2001 Bonn Agreement)

Introduction

[Attachment]

Constitution 2004 (unofficial translation)

Introduction

Attachment

Rules of procedure of the Wolesi Jirga, 2006

Introduction

[Attachment]

Juvenile Code, 2005 (Unofficial translation)

Introduction

Penal Code, 1976

Introduction

[Attachment]

Criminal Procedure Code for Courts, 2004

Introduction

[Attachment]

Law implementing article 27 of the Constitution, 2005

Introduction

Attachment

Law of Prison and Detention Centers, 2005 (Unofficial translation)

Introduction

Attachment

Military Criminal Procedure Code, 2005 (Unofficial translation)

Introduction

Attachment

Albania

Constitution of the Republic of Albania, 1998

Introduction

[Link]

Law No. 7624, of 14.10.1992 "on Accession to the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 1949"

Introduction

[Attachment]

Decree No. 333, of 28.10.1992 on the proclamation of Law No. 7624 of 14.10.1992 "on Accession to the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 1949"

Introduction

[Attachment]

Criminal Code of the Republic of Albania, LIGJ Nr. 7895, dated 27.01.1995

Introduction

[Attachment]

Criminal Code of the Republic of Albania, LIGJ No.7895, amended by Law No. 8733 January 2001.

Introduction

Attachment

Military Criminal Code, 1955 (as amended 2002) (Extracts)

Introduction

[Weblink]

Law No. 7865 of 29.09.1994 on the protection of the emblem and the name of the red cross

Introduction

Albanian original text and French translation [Attachment]

Law Nr. 9048, Date 07.04.2003, "For the Cultural Heritage"

Introduction

[Attachment in Albanian / English translation]

Decision No. 269, date 25.05.2000 on Prohibition of the use, storage, production and transfer of antipersonnel mines and their destruction

Introduction

Albanian original text and English translation in Attachment

Law No.8290 of 24.02.1998 on the use of firearms

Introduction

[Attachment]

Law No. 7864 of 29.09.1994 on the Albanian Red Cross

Introduction

[Attachment]

Law No. 9092 on the Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the
Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons
and on their Destruction

Introduction

[Attachment]

Algeria

Constitution, as amended on 28.11.1996

Introduction

Extracts (in English and Arabic)

Penal Code, 1966

Introduction

Art. 76 [Mercenaires]

Art. 89 [Pillage]

Art. 86 [Envahissement - pillage]

Art. 85 [Complot]

Art. 87 bis [Terrorisme, atteinte à l'environnement]

Art. 84 [Massacre ou dévastation]

[Link]

Code of Penal Procedure, 1966

Introduction

[Link]

Art. 582 [Juridiction: personnalité active]

Art. 585 [Juridiction: territorialité]

Livre VII - rapports avec les autorités judiciaires étrangères

Code de Justice Militaire 1971

Ordinance No 71-28 of 22 April 1971, Code of Military Justice (full version)

Introduction

[Attachment]

Law No 09-03 promulgated on 19 Jumada I 1424 AH corresponding to 19 July 2003 AD on the Repression of Crimes against Provisions of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction

Introduction

Law n°98-04 on protection of cultural heritage, 1998

Introduction

Attachment

Décret présidentiel No. 08-163 du 29 Joumada El Oula 1429 correspondant au 4 juin 2008 portant création de la commission nationale du droit international humanitaire

Introduction

Attachment

Décret exécutif n° 98-96 du 19 Dhou El Kaada 1418 correspondant au 18 mars 1998 fixant les modalités d'application de l'ordonnance n° 97-06 du 12 Ramadhan 1417 correspondant au 21 janvier 1997 relative aux matériels de guerre, armes et munitions.

Family Code, 1984

Chapitre VII, Livre deuxième de la représentation légale

Attachment

Ordonnance n° 97-06 du 12 Ramadhan 1417 correspondant au 21 janvier 1997 relative aux matériels de guerre, armes et munitions.

Introduction

Attachment

Presidential Decree creating the National Advisory Commission on Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

Introduction

See attachment

Andorra

Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure, as amended by Laws 9 and 10, 21 February 2005.

Introduction

Attachment

Proposta d’aprovació de l’adhesió al Conveni sobre la prohibició del desenvolupament, la producció, l’emmagatzematge i la utilització d’armes químiques i sobre la seva destrucció, 1997

Introduction

Angola

Decree No 1/01 of 5 January 2001 on displaced population

Introduction

[Attachment]

Law No 7/00 on Amnesty

Introduction

[Attachment]

Code de Procédure Pénale (Extraits)

Introduction

Attachment

Code Pénal (Extraits)

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Attachment

Constitution (extracts)

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Attachment

Law on preventive detention, 1992 (extracts)

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Attachment

Ley No 17/91 sobre Estado de Sitio y Estado de Emergencia

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[Attachment]

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda Red Cross Society Act, 1983

Introduction

[Text]

Argentina

Constitution, 1994 (extracts)

Introduction

Art. 6 [Power of federal Government to intervene in the provinces]

Art. 18 [Judicial guarantees]

Art. 21 [Military service]

Art. 23 [State of siege]

Art. 31 [Supreme law of the Nation]

Art. 36 [Nullity of acts against constitutional order and democratic system]

Art. 43 [Amparo, habeas data, habeas corpus]

Art. 75 [Powers of Congress]

Art. 99 [Powers of the President]

Art. 116 [Powers of the Supreme Court]

Art. 117 [Special jurisdiction of the Supreme Court]

Art. 118 [Place of trial in criminal cases]

Law No. 2976 on the use of the emblem, name and insignia of the Argentine Red Cross

Introduction

[Text]

Law No. 13.582 - Organization and operation of the Argentine Red Cross Society, 1949

Introduction

[Repealed text]

Law No. 26.200 on the Implementation of the ICC Statute.

Introduction

Attachment

Penal Code, 1984 (extracts)

Introduction

Art. 1 [Application]

Art. 4 [Application of special laws]

Art. 34 [Excuses and justifications]

Art. 35 [Excuses and justifications]

Art. 40 [Mitigating and agravating circumstances]

Art. 41 [Mitigating and agravating circumstances]

Art. 41bis [Excuses and justifications]

Art. 59 [Amnesty, statutory limitations, etc.]

Art. 61 [Amnesty]

Art. 62 [Statutory limitations]

Art. 65 [Statutory limitations]

Art. 68 [Pardon]

Art. 70 [Compensation]

Art. 214 [Surrender]

Art. 215 [Surrender]

Art. 216 [Treason]

Art. 218 [When committed by foreign residents]

Art. 219 [Non-authorized hostile acts]

Art. 220 [Violations of treaties, truces, armistices, etc.]

Art. 221 [Violation of a immunity]

Law No. 24.767 - International cooperation in criminal matters, 1997 (extracts)

Extradition decrees

Decree No. 583/98 (PEN) granting a request for extradition and authorizing immediate transfer to the Republic of Croatia of a naturalized Argentine citizen

Decree No. 619/98 (PEN) denying the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's request for the extradition of a naturalized Argentine citizen

Decree No. 980/98 (PEN) issued following a petition for extradition of a Croatian citizen presented by the Republic of Croatia

Code of Military Justice, 1951 (extracts)

Introduction

Art. 96 [Right to the assistance of counsel]

Art. 108 [Offences subject to military jurisdiction]

Art. 109 [Persons subject to military jurisdiction]

Art. 110 [Military jurisdiction in time of war]

Art. 111 [Military jurisdiction in occupied territories]

Art. 112 [Application of international treaties]

Art. 137 [Use of weapons to repress pillage, arson, etc., in gang]

Art. 252 [Choice of counsel]

Art. 344 [Counsel assigned by the court]

Art. 347 [Lack of jurisdiction, time-barring, amnesty, etc.]

Art. 514 [Command responsibility]

Art. 515 [Mitigating circumstances]

Art. 519 [Aggravating circumstances]

Art. 593 [Death, amnesty, time-barring, etc.]

Art. 600 [Statutory limitations]

Art. 601 [Statutory limitations]

Art. 605 [Ne bis in idem]

Art. 634 [Disclosure of military information]

Art. 635 [Disclosure of military information]

Art. 636 [Disclosure of information relative to national defence]

Art. 637 [Unlawful entry]

Art. 638 [Hostile acts leading to a declaration of war]

Art. 639 [Acts leading to reprisals]

Art. 640 [Acts leading to reprisals]

Art. 641 [Piracy]

Art. 741 [Hostile acts committed after notice of peace or truce]

Art. 746 [Offences against prisoners of war, parlementaires, medical and cultural objects, etc ...]

Art. 798 [Non-assistance to ship in distress]

Art. 864 [Escape of prisoners of war]

Art. 866 [Escape of prisoners of war]

Art. 867 [Offences committed by prisoners of war]

Art. 868 [Prisoners of war freed on parole]

Art. 869 [Mutiny of prisoners of war]

Art. 871 [Aggravating circumstances]

Art. 873 [Prisoners of war and certain civilians to be considered as military personnel]

Art. 882 [Definition of "in time of war"]

Art. 883 [Definition of "in front of the enemy"]

Art. 884 [Definition of "in the field"]

Resolution ROD-71-01 on the organization and funcioning of the military staff headquarters of the Republic of Argentina

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[Attachment]

Law No. 24.517 - Creation of a national committee within the Ministry of Defence to investigate alleged war crimes in connection with hostilities in the South Atlantic

Introduction

[Text]

Decree No. 920/97 (PEN) establishing the Interministerial Committee for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

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[Text]

Decree No. 435/95 on approval of resolution No. 48/75 adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations, exhorting States to agree to declare a suspension in the exportation of anti-personnel mines

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[Text]

United Resolution 125/98, 2097/09 and 41/98 - MP, MRECIYC and MEYOSP: Nuclear exportations

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[Attachment]

Law No 14394 relating to minors and families

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[Attachment]

Law 25197 on the Regime of the Registry of Cultural Patrimony

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[Attachment]

Law No. 22.418 - Civil defence for the city of Buenos Aires