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Common Article 2 relating to international armed conflict (IAC)

This article states that the Geneva Conventions apply to all the cases of international armed conflict (IAC), where at least one of the warring nations has ratified the Conventions. Primarily:

Article 1 of Protocol I further clarifies that armed conflict against colonial domination and foreign occupation also qualifies as an international conflict.

When the criteria of international armed conflict have been met, the full protections of the Conventions are considered to apply.