The Geneva Conventions of 1949 contain a 'mini convention' applicable to NON-INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICTS:
ACOMMON ARTICLE 3 — common to all four Geneva Conventions, providing minimum humanitarian standards in conflicts not of an international character
BArticle 1 (cf. Geneva Conventions 1949, Common Article 3) (cf. Geneva Conventions 1949, Common Article 3) (cf. Geneva Conventions 1949, Common Article 3)
CArticle 50 (cf. Geneva Conventions 1949, Common Article 3) (cf. Geneva Conventions 1949, Common Article 3) (cf. Geneva Conventions 1949, Common Article 3)
DArticle 100 (cf. Geneva Conventions 1949, Common Article 3) (cf. Geneva Conventions 1949, Common Article 3) (cf. Geneva Conventions 1949, Common Article 3)
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. COMMON ARTICLE 3 — common to all four Geneva Conventions, providing minimum humanitarian standards in conflicts not of an international character
1. Common Article 3 to all four Geneva Conventions of 1949 applies to ARMED CONFLICTS NOT OF AN INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER.
2. It prohibits: (a) violence to life and person (murder, mutilation, torture); (b) taking of hostages; (c) outrages on personal dignity; (d) sentences and executions without prior judgment by a regularly constituted court with judicial guarantees.
3. The ICJ in Nicaragua case (1986) held Common Article 3 reflects customary international law as 'elementary considerations of humanity'.
4. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: International HR Treaties + Indian Constitutional Jurisprudence — Geneva Conventions 1949, Common Article 3_
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