Right to health in conflict situations 2013, para. 56

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There is growing acceptance that non-State armed groups reaching a certain level of organization and control should respect international humanitarian law and human rights law. Common article 3 of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Additional Protocol II thereto both address parties to the conflict, which are understood by international courts to include organized non-State armed groups. Similarly, fact-finding commissions have concluded that armed groups that are stable, organized, and have effective control over territory have legal personality regarding a defined range of international humanitarian law and human rights obligations (see A/HRC/19/69, paras. 106-107, and A/HRC/17/44). These include obligations to refrain from attacking or interfering with humanitarian facilities, vehicles, and personnel, and to refrain from harming civilian populations, including through sexual violence or destroying food or water systems.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • N.A.
Year
2013
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Other
Reference
SR Health, Report to the UNGA (2013), A/68/297, para. 56.
Paragraph number
56