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Table <strong>of</strong> contents<br />

Introduction 6<br />

a. Report on <strong>the</strong> Participation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> States <strong>in</strong> Relevant Treaties Concern<strong>in</strong>g 13<br />

<strong>International</strong> Humanitarian Law and its National Implementation<br />

Victims <strong>of</strong> Armed Conflicts 13<br />

1. Participation <strong>in</strong> Relevant Treaties 13<br />

1949 Geneva Conventions 13<br />

1977 Additional Protocol I 13<br />

1977 Additional Protocol II 13<br />

2005 Additional Protocol III 14<br />

1998 Rome Statute 14<br />

1968 Convention on <strong>the</strong> Non-Applicability <strong>of</strong> Statutory Limitations 15<br />

to War Crimes and Crimes aga<strong>in</strong>st Humanity<br />

2000 Optional Protocol on <strong>the</strong> Involvement <strong>of</strong> Children <strong>in</strong> Armed Conflict 15<br />

2. National Implementation <strong>of</strong> Relevant Treaties 15<br />

War Crimes 15<br />

Protection <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Emblems 17<br />

Miss<strong>in</strong>g Persons 19<br />

<strong>International</strong> Fact-F<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g Commission 21<br />

Weapons 23<br />

1. Participation <strong>in</strong> Relevant Treaties 23<br />

1972 Convention on <strong>the</strong> Prohibition <strong>of</strong> Biological Weapons 23<br />

1993 Convention on <strong>the</strong> Prohibition <strong>of</strong> Chemical Weapons 23<br />

1980 Convention on Certa<strong>in</strong> Conventional Weapons 23<br />

Non-Detectable Fragments 24<br />

M<strong>in</strong>es, Booby Traps and O<strong>the</strong>r Devices 24<br />

Incendiary Weapons 24<br />

Bl<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g Laser Weapons 24<br />

Explosive Remnants <strong>of</strong> War 25<br />

The 2001 Amendment 25<br />

1997 Convention on <strong>the</strong> Prohibition <strong>of</strong> Anti-Personnel M<strong>in</strong>es 25<br />

1976 Convention on <strong>the</strong> Prohibition <strong>of</strong> Environmental Modification Techniques 26<br />

2. National Implementation <strong>of</strong> Relevant Treaties 26<br />

Chemical and Biological Weapons 26<br />

Certa<strong>in</strong> Conventional Weapons 27<br />

Anti-Personnel M<strong>in</strong>es 28

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