Practice question
A qualifying representative authority validly invokes Article 96(3) against a High Contracting Party. Its declaration reaches the depositary. Which follows?
- It assumes the same rights and obligations under the instruments in relation to that conflict
- It receives rights but no duties
- Its opponent loses all protection
- Every unrelated conflict becomes international
- It automatically becomes a UN member
Legal references
- https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/api-1977/article-1 — Additional Protocol I, Article 1(4)
- https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/api-1977/article-96 — Additional Protocol I, Article 96(3)
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