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Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem (Protocol III), 8 December 2005

Commentary - Accession

Article 10 - Accession

Accession is a way of expressing consent to be bound by the treaty if the State concerned either did not take part in the negotiations of Additional Protocol III or did take part but did not sign the treaty within the twelve-month period specified in Article 8

. Article 10

of Additional Protocol III repeats verbatim Article 94

of Additional Protocol I and Article 22

of Additional Protocol II. It is sufficient, therefore, to refer to their Commentaries

. [65]
It is important to recall that accession to Additional Protocol III as well as signature and ratification under Articles 8

and 9

are limited to States already party to the 1949 Geneva Conventions. On the other hand, it is not necessary to be a State party to the first two Additional Protocols to be bound by Additional Protocol III.

Notes

65. See the respective commentaries (above note 17, on Additional Protocol I, pp. 1075-78 (§§ 3713-25) and Additional Protocol II, p. 1495 (§ 4916).