Iran
Practice Relating to Rule 148. Reprisals in Non-International Armed Conflicts
At the CDDH, Iran submitted a new proposal to be included in the draft Additional Protocol II, according to which “acts of vengeance likely to affect the humanitarian rights conferred upon persons protected by this Part are prohibited”.
At the CDDH, Iran stated that “it had reservations concerning the addition of the word ‘reprisals’, which was not appropriate in a protocol concerning non-international armed conflicts”.
At the CDDH, Iran stated that it “supported the Canadian representative’s view that the concept of reprisals should not be included in Protocol II”.