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Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), 8 June 1977.
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Part II : Wounded, sick and shipwrecked #Section III -- Missing and dead persons
Art. 32 - General principle

    Article 32Database 'IHL - Treaties & Comments', View 'COMART' -- General principle

    In the implementation of this Section, the activities of the High Contracting Parties, of the Parties to the conflict and of the international humanitarian organizations mentioned in the Conventions and in this Protocol shall be prompted mainly by the right of families to know the fate of their relatives.
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