ECH 1100 Final: ECH 1100 Exam Review

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Conflict Studies and Human Rights
• Course: ECH 1100
• Professor: Jean- Francois Ratelle

Document Summary

The geneva conventions: foundations of human rights law: 1st convention. Treatment of the sick and wounded in armed forces: 2nd convention. Treatment of the sick and wounded at seas: 3rd convention. Relative to the treatment of prisoners of war: 4th convention. To protect people who do not take part in actual combat (civilians, medics, aid workers) Identifies specific obligations whose breach may constitute war crimes. Geneva convention articles: article 2, common article 3. Common to all four geneva conventions first time situations of non-international armed conflicts were covered. Like a mini-convention within (cid:862)the i(cid:374)ter(cid:374)atio(cid:374)al tri(cid:271)u(cid:374)al shall ha(cid:448)e the po(cid:449)er to prose(cid:272)ute perso(cid:374)s (cid:448)iolati(cid:374)g the la(cid:449)s or customs of war. Violatio(cid:374)s of co(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) arti(cid:272)le 3 i(cid:374) i(cid:374)ter(cid:374)al (cid:272)o(cid:374)fli(cid:272)t (cid:374)ot (cid:272)ri(cid:373)i(cid:374)alized u(cid:374)til the tatute of. War crimes: what kind of war are we facing, defined by the statute of the international criminal court.