International Journal of Law

Authors
Archana Chawla

Abstract
Today reciprocity and reprisals seen to have lost their traditional relevance when it comes to the implementation of IHL, atleast in international armed conflicts. The Geneva convention and their additional protocols provide that measures of implementation must be adopted by the contracting parties in times of peace as well as in times of war. This obligation is reinforced by the provisions of common Art 1 under the Geneva conventions, the contracting parties are under the obligation to adopt legislative measures to prevent and sanction the abusive use of the protective emblems. This paper is an effort to look into the working mechanism of international Tribunals and courts.