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.Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act 1995 (c. 27), Office of Public Sector Information, Accessed 27 May 2008
The act awards the domestic courts of the United Kingdom universal jurisdiction for humanitarian law.
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