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• to establish safe-conduct protections for certain persons or property under the 1949Geneva Conventions; 15 and• to conclude special agreements applicable to a non-international armed conflict to bringinto effect treaty provisions that would normally only apply during international armedconflict. 1612.1.2.2 Non-Hostile Relations to Facilitate the Restoration of Peace. Nonhostilerelations, including local communication between belligerent forces, may also beimportant in facilitating the restoration of peace, including by facilitating:• ceasefires or local armistices that implement a general armistice;• armistices that are a prelude to a peace treaty; 17• the permanent cessation of hostilities through a peace treaty;• agreements on the repatriation of POWs or retained personnel after the cessation ofhostilities; 18• measures to protect civilians from the effects of minefields, mined areas, mines, boobytraps,and other devices, such as information sharing with another party or parties to theconflict; 19 and• the provision of certain assistance to facilitate the marking and clearance, removal, ordestruction of explosive remnants of war, in cases where a user of explosive ordnancethat has become explosive remnants of war does not exercise control of the territory. 2012.2 PRINCIPLE OF GOOD FAITH IN NON-HOSTILE RELATIONSAbsolute good faith with the enemy must be observed as a rule of conduct, including innon-hostile relations between opposing belligerents. 21 In particular, in the context of non-hostilerelations, the principle of good faith requires that:14 Refer to § 18.15.2 (Appointment of a Protecting Power).15 Refer to § 12.6.3.3 (Safe-Conducts Contemplated by the 1949 Geneva Conventions).16 Refer to § 17.3 (Special Agreements Between Parties to the Conflict).17 Refer to § 12.11.1.2 (Armistice as a Suspension of Hostilities and Not a Peace Treaty).18 Refer to § 9.37.1 (Agreements on POW Release and Repatriation).19 Refer to § 6.12.12 (Obligations Arising After the Cessation of Active Hostilities).20 Refer to § 6.20.8 (Providing Assistance to Facilitate the Removal of Explosive Remnants of War From a Party’sMilitary Operations in Areas Outside Its Control).21 Refer to § 5.21 (Overview of Good Faith, Perfidy, and Ruses).825