Convention
on
the
Rules
of
War"
now
k n o w n
as
the
"hiternational
H u m a n i t a r i a n Law," "Tiie Convention of the Rights of the Children"
implemented
provides
in
through Republic
Act
No.
for the h u m a n e t r e a t m e n t for
the
armed
conflicts
against
7610.
protection
Outrages
degrading
upon
personal
treatment;
and
dignity,
(d)
3
of
of Protocol
in
t o r t u r e ; (b)
particular,
S u m m a r y
justice
II
non-participants
(a) V i o l e n c e t o l i f e a n d p e r s o n ,
as murder, mutilation, cruel treatment a n d
(c)
Article
now
such
Hostage-taking;
humiliating,
or
and
salvaging
the
imposition of punishment.
T h e o b s e r v a n c e of Article 3 of Protocol II does n o t affect
status
of
parties
to
the
conflict.
Consequently,
the
fact
Article 3 to civil strife does n o t constitute recognition by the
the
of
applying
government
in power, t h a t the rebelling party h a s a n y a u t h o r i t y or privilege
kind.
Neither
suppress
does
it limit
it in a n y
way
or stop a rebellion by all m e a n s
it
in
any
way
affect
government's
of
any
right
to
necessary, including military
firepower,
nor
prosecute,
try a n d sentence captured or arrested dissidents for all crimes
committed by
does
the
legal
the
government's
right
to
them.
In the same way, the observance of Article 3 by the rebelling
docs n o t give t h e latter nn> right to c l a i m a special or privileged
any i m m u n i t y whatsoever
group
status or
f r o m prosecution despite a n y title or n a m e
it
m a y give itself.
P a r a g r a p h 4 of Article 3 m a k e s it absolutely clear t h a t the
of t h e C o n v e n t i o n is p u r e l y h u m a n i t a r i a n , t h a t it is i n n o w a y
w i t h the internal affairs of States.
objective
concerned