armed forces

armed forces

Keywords

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) : armed forces [Keywords]

recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966) : armed forces [Keywords]

all peoples freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development; In no case may a people be deprived of its own means of subsistence.

Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe - Final Act - Helsinki 1975 (1975) : armed forces [Keywords]

Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe

Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) : armed forces [Keywords]

a child means every human being below the age of eighteen years unless under the law applicable to the child, maturity is attained earlier

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (2000) : armed forces [Keywords]

ensure that members of armed forces who have not attained the age of 18 years do not take a direct part in hostilities.

Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (1949) : armed forces [Keywords]

all cases of declared war or of any other armed conflict even if the state of war is not recognized by one of the countries; partial or total occupation of the territory even if the occupation meets with no armed resistance; if one of the Powers in conflict is not a party to the convention, the Powers who are parties remain bound by it

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998) : armed forces [Keywords]

an International Criminal Court is hereby established. It shall be a permanent institution and shall have the power to exercise its jurisdiction over persons for the most serious crimes of international concern

International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings (1998) : armed forces [Keywords]

terrorist attacks by means of explosives or other lethal devices

International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (2005) : armed forces [Keywords]

acts of nuclear terrorism may result in the gravest consequences and may pose a threat to international peace and security

Charter of the United Nations (1945) : armed forces [Keywords]

establish an international organization to be known as the United Nations

The Warsaw Pact, 1955 (1955) : armed forces [Keywords]

Between the People's Republic of Albania, the People's Republic of Bulgaria, the Hungarian People's Republic, the German Democratic Republic, the Polish People's Republic, the Rumanian People's Republic, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the Czechoslovak Republic