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It is a major cultural achievement that violence in armed conflicts is restrained by international legal rules. As the nature of these conflicts changes, these rules have to be adapted accordingly in order to provide effective protection for the victims. The adoption of the two Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions in 1977 was a major step in this development. The authors, who were involved in the negotiation of these two treaties, give a first hand account of the meaning of the text and the intent of the negotiators. The book is, thus, an important tool to better understand and implement these treaties which have proved their salutary importance in the all too many conflicts during the last decades. The current volume is a revised reprint, with new introductory materials, of the original text published in 1982.

War victims --- Humanitarian conventions --- War relief --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Law and legislation --- Geneva Conventions --- Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts --- Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Noninternational Armed Conflicts --- Protocol II --- Protocol II Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 --- Protocol No. II --- Second Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions (1977 June 10) --- First Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions --- Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts --- Protocol I --- Protocol No. I --- Conventions de Genève --- Geneva Convention --- Konvensi-Konvensi Jenewa --- Zhenevskite konvent︠s︡ii --- Second Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions (1977 June 8)