APll --- Right you are Marwa, AP ll has only been ratified by 169 countries, but it extend the protection to the victims mainly on two points: First, that the distinction between internal and international armed conflict is artificial from the point of view of a victim. Humanitarian principles should apply regardless of the identity of the combatants. Second, that international law does not apply to non-international situations.

Source author: Jean-Michel Monod jmmonod@yahoo.com