Common Article 2

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Common Article 2 is the provision in the 1949 Geneva Conventions that defines when the Conventions apply, particularly to international armed conflicts and occupations.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Common Art. 2 GC 1949 1
Common Article 2 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf article of the Geneva Conventions ⓘ
treaty provision ⓘ
appliesBetween High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions ⓘ
appliesTo any other armed conflict between two or more High Contracting Parties ⓘ
declared war ⓘ
international armed conflicts ⓘ
partial occupation of the territory of a High Contracting Party ⓘ
situations of occupation even if there is no armed resistance ⓘ
total occupation of the territory of a High Contracting Party ⓘ
belongsToRegime Geneva law ⓘ
bindingOn States Parties to the Geneva Conventions ⓘ
citedAs CA2 ⓘ
Common Art. 2 GC 1949 ⓘ
linked to: Common Article 2
clarifiedBy customary international humanitarian law ⓘ
dateAdopted 1949-08-12 ⓘ
defines conditions for application in international armed conflicts ⓘ
conditions for application in occupations ⓘ
scope of application of the 1949 Geneva Conventions ⓘ
distinguishedFrom provisions applicable only in non-international armed conflicts ⓘ
hasEffect extends protection of the Geneva Conventions to occupied territories ⓘ
obliges parties to respect and ensure respect for the Geneva Conventions in international armed conflicts ⓘ
hasKeyConcept High Contracting Parties ⓘ
armed conflict between states ⓘ
automatic applicability of the Conventions ⓘ
occupation ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
official UN languages ⓘ
hasNumber 2 ⓘ
interpretedBy International Committee of the Red Cross commentaries ⓘ
International Court of Justice ⓘ
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ⓘ
legalDomain international humanitarian law ⓘ
law of armed conflict ⓘ
objective to trigger the application of the Geneva Conventions in inter-state conflicts ⓘ
partOf First Geneva Convention of 1949 ⓘ
Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 ⓘ
Geneva Conventions of 1949 ⓘ
linked to: Geneva Conventions

Second Geneva Convention of 1949 ⓘ
Third Geneva Convention of 1949 ⓘ
placeAdopted Geneva ⓘ
relatedTo Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions ⓘ
Common Article 3 ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Common Article 2 → citedAs → Common Art. 2 GC 1949 ⓘ
linked to: Common Article 2