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from the protection of the GC. 142hostilities have ended. 143In addition, duties under occupation law may continue after3.8.3 Duties Arising at the End of Hostilities. Certain obligations are triggered by theend of hostilities. For example, the end of hostilities triggers obligations regarding the markingof minefields, demining, and clearance of unexploded ordnance. 144 In addition, POWs andprotected persons, in general, must be released and returned to the party to the conflict to whichthey belong. 1453.9 LAW OF WAR DUTIES ALSO APPLICABLE IN PEACESome law of war obligations also apply in peace, i.e., even when a State is not engaged inan armed conflict. For example, States must:• disseminate information regarding the law of war; 146• train their armed forces in accordance with the law of war; 147• issue instructions and regulations for their armed forces in conformity with the law ofwar; 148• review the legality of new weapons; 149• take appropriate measures to prepare for the safeguarding of cultural property; 150 and• take other appropriate measures to ensure the implementation and enforcement of law ofwar treaties. 151States that are at peace have obligations under the law of neutrality in relation to States142 Refer to § 10.3.4 (Commencement and Duration of Protected Person Status).143 Refer to § 11.3.2 (Duration of GC Obligations in the Case of Occupied Territory).144 Refer to § 6.12.12.2 (Clearance of Minefields, Mined Areas, Mines, Booby-Traps, and Other Devices AfterHostilities); § 6.20.5 (Obligations Under the CCW Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War That Are Triggeredby the Cessation of Active Hostilities).145 Refer to § 9.37 (Release and Repatriation After Hostilities); § 10.35 (Release, Return, Repatriation of InterneesAfter the Close of Hostilities); § 11.11.8 (Disposition of Accused and Convicted Protected Persons Upon the Closeof Occupation).146 Refer to § 18.6.1 (General Dissemination and Study of Treaties).147 Refer to § 18.6.2 (Special Instruction or Training).148 Refer to § 18.7 (Instructions, Regulations, and Procedures to Implement and Enforce the Law of War).149 Refer to § 6.2 (DoD Policy of Reviewing the Legality of Weapons).150 Refer to § 5.18.2.1 (Peacetime Obligations to Prepare for the Safeguarding of Cultural Property).151 Refer to § 18.1.2 (National Obligations to Implement and Enforce the Law of War).96