2001

War Crimes in Afghanistan:  Timeline

Chronology of Human Rights Since 1863

1863

Abraham Lincoln distributes pamphlets to the Northern and Southern Armies outlining the behavior of troops.  Topics covered include the use of enemy's property, the treatment of women and children, and the treatment of prisoners.

International Committee for the relief of military wounded - Establishes the national committees for the relief of wounded military personnel.

Geneva Convention for the amelioration of the wounded in the field.

First International Conference of the Red Cross

The Hague Convention- Establishes the individual's duty to the rights of humanity.  Among the issues covered were; the prohibition on attacking undefended towns, the use of weapons that cause unnecessary injury, mistreatment of prisoners of war, and violating a nation's neutrality. 

The Hague Conventions- Continuations of the 1899 Hague Convention.

League of Red Cross Societies forms.

Geneva Protocol- Prohibits the use of chemical and bacteriological agents in weapons.

Geneva Convention- Addresses the treatment of prisoners of war

Geneva Convention- Revision of the 1929 Geneva Convention addressing the treatment of prisoners of war.

Protection of Victims of International and Non-International Armed Conflict.

Convention on the Prohibition on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which Cause Excessive Injury

Conventions on the rights of the child.

Prohibition on the use of chemical weapons.

Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons.

Prohibition on mines, booby traps, and other such devices.

Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction

Rome Statue of the International Crime Court.

Timeline of PHR Involvement in Afghanistan