Armed conflict in the world today: a country by country review


COUNTRIES WITH CURRENT UNITED NATIONS OBSERVERS/PEACEKEEPING



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COUNTRIES WITH CURRENT UNITED NATIONS OBSERVERS/PEACEKEEPING

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (MINURCA: 1998-present).

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (UNMIBH, 1995-present; NATO-led IFOR and IPTF).

CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF (MONUC: 1999-present).

CROATIA (UNTAES: 1996-1998; UNMOP: 1996-present).

CYPRUS (UNFICYP: 1964-present).

EAST TIMOR (UNTAET: 1999-present).

GEORGIA (UNOMIG: 1993-present).

HAITI (MIPONUH: 1997-present).

ISRAEL/SYRIA (Golan Heights) (UNDOF: 1974-present).

IRAQ/KUWAIT (UNIKOM: 1991-present).

KOSOVO (UNMIK: 1999-present).

LEBANON (UNIFIL: 1978-present).

MIDDLE EAST (UNTSO: 1948-present).

PAKISTAN/INDIA/KASHMIR (UNMOGIP: 1949-present).

SIERRA LEONE (UNOMSIL: 1998-present).

TAJIKISTAN (UNMOT/CIS: 1994-present).

WESTERN SAHARA (MINURSO 1991-present).



APPENDIX



The following is a list of the major documents of humanitarian law.
The Hague Convention and Regulations of 1907, 205 Parry’s T.S. 277.
The Geneva Conventions of 1949, in force Oct. 21, 1950:
I (Armed forces in the field): 75 UNT.S. 31.

II (Armed forces at sea): 75 UNT.S. 85.

III (Prisoners of war): 75 UNT.S. 135.

IV (Civilians): 75 UNT.S. 267.


Protocol Additional I to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, in force Dec. 7, 1978, 1125 UNT.S. 3, reprinted in 16 I.L.M. 1391 (1977).
Protocol Additional II to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, in force Dec. 7, 1978, 1125 UNT.S. 609, reprinted in 16 I.L.M. 1442 (1977).
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, in force Jan. 12, 1951, 78 UNT.S. 277.
The Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity, in force Nov. 11, 1970, 754 UNT.S. 73, reprinted in I.L.M. 68 (1969).
General Assembly resolutions on protection of civilian populations:
GA Res 2625, 25 UN GAOR Supp. (No. 28) at 76, UN Doc. A/8028 (1971).

GA Res 2675, 25 UN GAOR Supp. (No. 28) at 76, UN Doc. A/8028 (1971).

GA Res 2677, 25 UN GAOR Supp. (No. 28) at 77, UN Doc. A/8028 (1971).

GA Res 40/139, 40 UN GAOR Supp. (No. 53), UN Doc. A/40/53 (1985).

GA Res 41/35, 41 UN GAOR Supp. (No. 53), at 26, UN Doc. A/41/53 (1986).
International Conference on Human Rights: Human Rights in Armed Conflict, UN Doc. A/CONF.32/Res XXIII (1968).
Principles of international co-operation in the detection, arrest, extradition and punishment of persons guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity, GA Res 3074 (XXVIII) (Dec. 3, 1973).

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

This text was prepared using testimony by HLP/IED personnel before the United States Congress; reports and scholarly articles prepared by HLP/IED personnel; information obtained through HLP/IED missions or provided by HLP/IED delegates; reports circulated at United Nations sessions; UN, Council of Europe and OAS documents; and major media sources. The authors are particularly grateful for the valuable information provided by the Parliamentary Human Rights Group, both in terms of special communiqués and their published reports. The following citations represent a selection of sources other than those sited under each country used in the preparation of this text.




HLP/IED WRITTEN STATEMENTS AND PAPERS

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/NGO/26 (Kashmir)

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/NGO/31 (Armed conflict)

E/CN.4/1992/NGO/40 (Burma)

E/CN.4/1992/NGO/41 (Croatia)

E/CN.4/1993/NGO/41 (Bosnia)

E/CN.4/1993/NGO/46 (Croatia/Bosnia)

E/CN.4/1993/NGO/50 (Humanitarian law)

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1993/NGO/19 and Corr.1 (Tibet)

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1993/NGO/22 (Bosnia)

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1993/NGO/23 (Croatia)

E/CN.4/1994/NGO/37 (Sri Lanka)

E/CN.4/1994/NGO/42 (Joint statement: Iran (Kazem Rajavi))

E/CN.4/1994/NGO/53 (Croatia, Bosnia)

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1994/NGO/35 (Joint statement: Sri Lanka)

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1994/NGO/33 (Croatia/Bosnia)

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1994/NGO/25 (Joint statement: Iran)

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1994/NGO/32 (Joint statement: Western Sahara)

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1995/NGO/17 (Sri Lanka)

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1995/NGO/34 (Armed Conflict/Population Displacement)

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1996/NGO/6 (Mexico)

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1996/NGO/7 (Humanitarian concerns: Iraq)

E/CN.4/1997/NGO/49 (Gulf War/DU Weaponry)

E/CN.4/1997/NGO/50 (Mexico)

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1997/NGO/20 (Mexico)

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1997/NGO/21 (Weaponry)

E/CN.4/1998/NGO//89 (Self-determination)

E/CN.4/1998/NGO/90 (Arbitrary detention)

E/CN.4/1998/NGO/91 (Mexico)

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1998/NGO/24 (Sanctions)

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1998/NGO/25 (Weaponry)

E/CN.4/1999/NGO/118 (Mexico)

E/CN.4/1999/NGO/119 (Iraq-Sanctions)

E/CN.4/1999/NGO/121 (Moluccas/Acheh/East Timor)


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Fertig, Ralph, Mexico: A Battle in the War Between the Worlds (1994).
Fertig, Ralph & Patricia Krommer, The Current Conflict Between Turkish Armed Forces and the Kurds of Southeast Anatolia (1991).
Gottlicher, Darko, The Silent Occupation of Croatia (1993).
Gottlicher, Darko, Gross Violations of Human Rights in Central Bosnia (1994).
IED/HLP & California State Univerisity at Northridge, Joint Report on Delegation to Mexico (July 1998).
Howland, Todd, Report of Delegation to Acteal and Polho (1998).
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Parker, Karen, The Kashmiri War: Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (1996).
Parker, Karen, Memorandum on Weapons and the Laws and Customs of War (1997).
Parker, Karen, Sanctions in Light of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law ( 1998).


PARLIAMENTARY HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP REPORTS


Peru: Terrorism, Torture and Human Rights, February 1996.
Capital Punishment in the USA: A Review of the Issues, March 1996.
Speak Together of Freedom: The Present Struggle for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain, March 1996.
Bahrain: a Brick Wall, June 1996.
Democracy at Gunpoint: Turkish Kurdistan, June 1996.
The Güclükonak Massacre, June 1996.
Iran: State of Terror, June 1996.
Postwar Developments in the Georgian-Abkhazian Dispute, June 1996.
Turkey Newsletter, June 1996.
Memorandum to the Consultative Group Meeting on Cambodia, July 1996.
Nigeria: Crisis of Nationhood II, July 1996.
The Bhutanese Refugee Situation, August 1996.
The State Security Court of Bahrain, August 1996.
The Elections in Kashmir, September 1996.
Sri Lanka: The Embilipitiya Case and the Rule of Law, September 1996.
The Conflict in Sierra Leone, October 1996.
Culture of Intolerance: Jehovah’s Witnesses in Bulgaria etc, March 1997.
Mexico: Human Rights Traded In, March 1997.
Pakistan: Persecution of the Ahmadis, March 1997.
Uncertainty and Despair: the Plight of Karen Refugees, May 1997.
Beyond the Yoke: The Human Rights of Women Refugees in the Dadaab Camps of Kenya, May 1997.
Torture in Saudi Arabia, January 1998.
The Crisis of Human Rights in Bahrain: the Rule of Law under Threat, August 1998.


UNITED NATIONS STUDIES

Cristescu, A., The Right to Self-Determination, E/CN.4/Sub.2/404/Rev.1 (1981).


Gros Espiell, H., Report on the Right of Self-Determination, E/CN.4/Sub.2/405/Rev.1 (1980).


GENERAL STUDIES

Buchanan, Allen, Secession: The Morality of Political Divorce from Fort Sumter to Lithuania and Quebec, Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, 1991.


Cassese, Antonio, Self-Determination of Peoples: A Legal Appraisal, Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Clark, Donald, & Robert Williamson, Self-Determination: International Perspectives, Macmillan Press Ltd, London, 1996.
Gottlieb, Gidon, Nation against State: A New Approach to Ethnic Conflicts and the Decline of Sovereignty, Council on Foreign Relations Press, New York, 1993.
Halperin, Morton & David Scheffer, Self-Determination in the New World Order, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington DC, 1992.
Hannum, Hurst, Autonomy, Sovereignty and Self-Determination: The Accommodation of Conflicting Rights, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996 (revised edition).
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, Pandemonium: Ethnicity in International Politics, Oxford University Press, 1993.

OTHER SOURCES

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Africa News Service, “Missionaries Leave Troubled Senegalese Region,” 11/21/97.
Africa News Service, “Namibia: Protesters Threaten ‘Rough Justice’,” 10/18/99.
Africa News Service, “Senegal: Casamance Peace Talks to Resume in January,” 12/28/99.
Agence France Presse, “Burundi Rebels Say 38,500 Civilians Killed Since July Coup,” 1/17/97.
Agence France Presse, “India Announces Ceasefire with Northeast Tribal Guerillas,” 3/15/00.
Agence France Presse, “Lesotho Bitter About Military Intervention a Year on,” 9/23/99.
Agence France Presse, “Namibia to Celebrate 10 Years of Independence,” 3/20/00.
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Associated Press, “Lesotho in Ruins After South African Invasion,” 9/25/98.
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BBC News, “Philippines: Moro Islamic Liberation Front Admits Having Saudi Consultants’,” 2/23/00.
BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, “Government Signs Cease-Fire Accord with Rebels,” (from Le Soleil (Dakar, Senegal)), 12/30/99.
BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, “Muslim Body Condemns Custodial Killings; Cases Filed Against Government,” (Kashmir), 1/4/97.
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The Economist, “Kosovo: On the Brink,” 11/1/97, vol. 344.
The Economist, “Savimbi’s Choice,” 1/17/98, vol. 346.
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