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• Organization of American States, Rules of Procedure of The Inter-American Court of Human Rights 2009 (1 January 2010) • Organization of African Unity, African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (“Banjul Charter”) (adopted 27 June 1981, entered into force 21 October 1986) CAB/ LEG/67/3 rev. 5, 21 I.L.M. 58 • Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I) (adopted 8 June 1977, entered into force 7 December 1979) 1125 UNTS 17512 (abbreviated Additional Protocol) • Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (adopted 17 July 1998, entered into force on 1 July 2002) 2187 UNTS 3 (ICC-Statute) • Universal Declaration of Human Rights (adopted 10 December 1948 UNGA Res 217 A(III) (UDHR)
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