The Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009 (c. 6) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to the adoption of certain treaties relating to international humanitarian law.

Provisions It was enacted to give effect to the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions and to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel.Explanatory notes, paragraph 3

Section 1 This section amends the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 to recognise the red crystal symbol as an emblem of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

Section 2 This section amends section 4 of the United Nations Personnel Act 1997 to give legal protections to those delivering humanitarian, political or development goals.

Section 3 – Commencement, extent and short title

This section came into force on the beginning of 2 July 2009.The Interpretation Act 1978, section 4(b) Section 1, relating to the Protocol III to the Geneva Conventions, came into force on 5 April 2010.The Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009 (Commencement No.1) Order 2009 (SI 2009/2892 (C. 128), article 2 It was extended, with modifications, to Guernsey,The Geneva Conventions Act (Guernsey) Order 2010 (SI 2010/2965), article 3 and the First Schedule on 15 January 2011. Section 2, relating to the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, came into force on 23 April 2010.The Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009 (Commencement No.2) Order 2010 (SI 2010/1779 (C. 92)), article 2

See also Geneva Conventions

References "Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009". Current Law Statutes Annotated 2009. Sweet & Maxwell. Thomson Reuters. 2010. Volume 1. Chapter 6. pp 6-1 to 6-6. Halsbury's Statutes, Michael Meyer and Charles Garraway, "The Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009: A Move Away from the Minimalist Approach" (2010) 59 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 171 JSTOR

External links The Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009, as amended from the National Archives. The Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009, as originally enacted from the National Archives. Explanatory notes to the Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009.