Table 4: International Humanitarian Law Instruments Date Signed/ Treaty Acceded / Succeeded A. The Four Geneva Conventions Succeeded on 18 August 1970 and their Protocols 1. 1949 Geneva Convention I for the Amelioration of the conditions of the Wounded and Sick in the Armed Forces in the Field 2 1949 Geneva Convention II for Succeeded on 18 the Amelioration of the condition of August 1970 the Wounded and Sick and Shipwrecked members of the Armed Forces at Sea 3 1949 Geneva Convention III Succeeded on 18 relative to the Treatment of August 1970 Prisoners of War 4 1949 Geneva Convention IV Succeeded on 18 relative to the Protection of Civilian August 1970 Persons in Time of War 5 1977 Protocol I – Additional to the Acceded on 22 1949 Geneva Convention relating to March 1982 the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflict 6 1977 Protocol II – Additional to Acceded on 22 the 1949 Geneva Convention March 1982 relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts Signed on 10 April B. The Biological Weapons 1972 Ratified on 7 Conventions 1972 Convention on the Prohibition August 1972 of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction Domestic Legislation enacted Geneva Conventions Act Geneva Conventions Act Geneva Conventions Act Geneva Conventions Act Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act 2003 Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Act 17