Practice question
May a party withhold common Article 3 protections because applying them would supposedly recognize its opponent’s political legitimacy?
Legal references
- https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/apii-1977/article-1 — Additional Protocol II, Article 1
- https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/gciii-1949/article-3 — Geneva Convention III, common Article 3
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