Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act 1995

Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act 1995[a]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to make provision for the amendment of the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 to enable effect to be given to the Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 done at Geneva on 10 June 1977; and for connected purposes
Citation1995 c. 27
Territorial extent 
[b]
Dates
Royal assent19 July 1995
Commencement20 July 1998[c]
Other legislation
AmendsGeneva Conventions Act 1957
Amended by
Status: Amended
Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act 1995 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act 1995 (c. 27) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Provisions

The act made provision for the amendment of the United Kingdom's Geneva Conventions Act 1957 (5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 52) to enable the addition of Protocol I and Protocol II to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, to be incorporated into the law of England (and Wales), Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, and British colonies.[1][2]

The act awards the domestic courts of the United Kingdom universal jurisdiction for humanitarian law.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 7(1).
  2. ↑ Section 7(3)–(4).
  3. ↑ Section 7(2). The Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act 1995 (Commencement) Order 1998.

References

  1. ↑ Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act 1995 (c. 27), Office of Public Sector Information, Accessed 27 May 2008
  2. ↑ Warbrick, Colin; McGoldrick, Dominic; Rowe, Peter; Meyer, Michael A. (April 1996). "II. The Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act 1995: A Generally Minimalist Approach". International & Comparative Law Quarterly. 45 (2): 476–484. doi:10.1017/S002058930005911X. ISSN 1471-6895.
  3. ↑ "Self-defence is no defence". The Guardian. 21 January 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
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