...conflicts which are not covered by Article 1 of Protocol I and which take place in the territory of a HCP between its armed forces and dissident armed forces...concerted military operations and to implement this Protocol." It shall not, however, apply to "situations of internal disturbances and tensions, such...

...territory of a high contracting party between its armed forces and dissident armed forces or other armed groups which, under responsible command, exercise...and concerted military operations and to implement the present protocol." The US, Canada and other Western European Delegations, in the end, acquiesced...

...level. The version adopted by Committee I by consensus on March 17 requires that the armed conflict take place "in the territory of a high contracting...its armed forces and dissident armed forces or other armed groups which, under responsible command, exercise such control over a part of its territory as...

...classification as internal armed conflicts within Common Article 3. Protocol II, Article 1 , provides : part of its territory as to enable them to carry out...concerted military operations and to implement this Protocol." Some such provision might have been included in Protocol I, probably as part of Article...

...1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I) and which take place in the territory of a High Contracting...concerted military operations and to implement this Protocol."i5 The second paragraph of Article 1 substantially adopts the second paragraph as proposed...

...become rare. The requirement that armed groups should exercise such control over a part of the state's territory as to enable them to carry out sustained and concerted military operations was stringent. They were of the opinion that the protocol should apply to all organized armed groups...

...1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I) and which take place in the territory of a High Contracting...concerted military operations and to implement this Protocol. 2. This Protocol shall not apply to situations of internal disturbances and tensions, such...

...combat activities as well as basic human rights provisions) is applicable to armed conflicts: "... which take place in the territory of a high Contracting...concerted military operations and to implement this Protocol." (Protocol I, Art. 1(1)). In view of the sophisticated provisions of Protocol II its implementation...

...which, while not international in the sense of Article 1 of Protocol 1, is waged in the territory of a party "between its armed forces and dissident armed...over a part of its territory as to enable them ... to implement this Protocol". Paragraph 2 places beyond all possible doubt that the Protocol, therefore,...

...group must be 'under responsible command, exercise such control over part of (a contracting state's) territory as to enable them to carry out sustained...concerted military operations and to implement this Protocol'. 133. For example, President Milton Obote expelled the International Committee of the Red...