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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 - Notifications

Article 15 - Notifications

Article 15

of Additional Protocol III is largely inspired by Article 100

of Additional Protocol I, although some differences from the 1977 text are worth underlining. First of all, subparagraph b) requires the depositary to inform the High Contracting Parties of the date of the entry into force of Additional Protocol III within ten days thereof, an obligation that does not appear in the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols I and II. Second, the communications envisaged by subparagraph c) are limited to proposals for amendments, whereas Article 100

c) of Additional Protocol I also requires communication of official translations of the Protocol as well as the laws and regulations adopted to ensure its application. Given that these obligations were not included in Additional Protocol III, Article 15

logically does not refer to them.[75] The same applies to communications under Article 96

, paragraph 3, of Additional Protocol I allowing an authority fighting for self-determination to declare itself bound by that Protocol.

Note

75. Clearly, the same applies to communications related to the International Fact-Finding Commission of Article 90

of Additional Protocol I.