Reciprocity
While the general principle of applicability of treaties based on reciprocity is relevant in international humanitarian law, there is no reciprocity in respect for treaties.
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LEGAL SOURCE
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CASES
International Law Commission, Articles on State Responsibility (Part A., Arts 49-51)
Sweden, Report of the Swedish International Humanitarian Law Committee (Part. 3.3)
United States Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, The Ministries Case
Eritrea/Ethiopia, Partial Award on POWs (Part B., Paras. 148-163)
ICTY, Prosecutor v. Martic (Part A., Para. 9)
ICTY, The Prosecutor v. Kupreskic et al. (Paras. 517-520)
Colombia, Constitutional Conformity of Protocol II (Para. 9)
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES
PREUX Jean de, “The Geneva Conventions and Reciprocity”, in IRRC, No. 244, January 1985, pp. 25-29. MEYROWITZ Henri, “Die Repressalienverbote des I. Zusatzprotokolls zu den Genfer Abkommen vom 12. August 1949 und das Reziprozitätsprinzip”, in Neue Zeitschrift für Wehrrecht, 1986, pp. 177-193.