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Violations of International Humanitarian Law

In Bujumbura Rural, soldiers of the government army and both FDD and FNL combatants have violated international humanitarian law. Burundi is party to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and to its Additional Protocol II that applies to internal armed conflicts and that continue in effect even after the implementation of a ceasefire agreement until a definitive peace is achieved.²⁰