Geneva Conventions Additional Protocol I/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Geneva Conventions Additional Protocol I.

An extension, primarily to the Fourth Geneva Convention, which extends prisoner of war protection to fighters, in international conflict, who do not wear distinctive insignia and may hide among civilians; it does prohibit attacks against civilians