There are two additional protocols to the Geneva Convention: Protocol I ( 1977 ), relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts and Protocol II ( 1977 ), relating to the protection of victims of non-international armed conflicts.

Additional Protocol II of 1977 explicitly forbids collective punishment.

According to Article 77. 2 of the Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts, adopted in 1977:

Article 4. 3. c of Protocol II, additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts, adopted in 1977, states " children who have not attained the age of fifteen years shall neither be recruited in the armed forces or groups nor allowed to take part in hostilities ".

The Protocol Additional GC 1977 ( APGC77 ) provides the most widely accepted international definition of a mercenary, though not endorsed by some countries, including the United States.

The Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts, ( Protocol I ), 8 June 1977 states:

More recently the 1977 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts, referred in Article 1.

In 1977 Protocol I Additional to the Geneva Conventions, Chapter II, Article 50 " Definition of civilians and civilian population " indicates that a civilian is not a legal combatant.

Not all states have ratified 1977 Protocol I or the 1998 Rome Statute, but it is an accepted principle of international humanitarian law that the direct targeting of civilians is a breach of the customary laws of war and is binding on all belligerents.

* 1977 Geneva Protocol I Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts

* 1977 Geneva Protocol II Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts

And weapons that go beyond non-lethal intentions and cause " superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering " could violate the Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 1977.

Non-combatant is a term in the law of war describing civilians who are not taking a direct part in hostilities, persons such as medical personnel and military chaplains who are member of the armed forces, but are protected because of their specific duties ( as described in Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions, adopted in June 1977 ), and combatants who are hors de combat (" outside the fight "); that is, sick, wounded, detained, or otherwise disabled.

The strategy of destroying the food supply of the civilian population in an area of conflict has been banned under Article 54 of Protocol I of the 1977 Geneva Conventions.

*** that of having a fixed distinctive sign recognizable at a distance ( there are limited exceptions to this among countries who observe the 1977 Protocol I );

The legal basis for protection of humanitarian workers in conflicts is contained in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the related Protocol of 1977.

More recently the 1977 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts, which applies in situations Article 1.

He has had great commercial success in memorable roles such as the executive Bobby Trippe in Deliverance ( 1972 ), Tennessee lawyer Delbert Reese in Nashville ( 1975 ), general attorney Dardis in All the President's Men ( 1976 ), Bob Sweet in Silver Streak ( 1976 ), the priest Edwards in Exorcist II: The Heretic ( 1977 ), Lex Luthor's henchman Otis in Superman ( 1978 ) and Superman II ( 1980 ), Bates ' right hand man Sydney Morehouse in The Toy ( 1982 ), Borisov and Pavel Petrovic in The Fourth Protocol ( 1987 ), TV presenter Ernest Weller in Repossessed ( 1990 ), Rudy Ruettiger's father in Rudy ( 1993 ), detective McNair in Just Cause ( 1995 ), Dexter Wilkins in Life ( 1999 ), the simple sheriff in Where the Red Fern Grows ( 2003 ), the corrupt Senator Charles F. Meachum in Shooter ( 2007 ), United States Congressman Doc Long in Charlie Wilson's War ( 2007 ) and the voice of antagonist Lots-O '- Huggin ' Bear in Toy Story 3 ( 2010 ).

She was appointed first female Chief of Protocol of the United States ( July 1, 1976 – January 21, 1977 ), and was in charge of arrangements for President Jimmy Carter's inauguration and inaugural ball.

Starting from Julian Date 2443144. 5 ( 1 January 1977 00: 00: 00 ), corrections were applied to the output of all participating clocks, so that TAI would correspond to proper time at mean sea level ( the geoid ).

All three of these time scales were defined to read JD 2443144. 5003725 ( 1 January 1977 00: 00: 32. 184 ) exactly at that instant.

Largely assisted by the return of Boycott, Brearley's men won the 1977 series 3 – 0 and then completed an overwhelming 5 – 1 series win against an Australian side missing its WSC players in 1978 – 79.

In 1973 he presented a unique 6-part documentary on BBC Radio 1, The Rolling Stones Story, and in 1977 he established a Sunday-night blues and soul show on Radio 1, Alexis Korner's Blues and Soul show, which ran until 1981.

In 1977, the Bank set up a wholly owned subsidiary called Bank of England Nominees Limited ( BOEN ), a private limited company, with two of its hundred £ 1 shares issued.

Two volcanoes form the island's most prominent topographic features: La Grille in the north, with an elevation of 1, 000 meters, is extinct and largely eroded ; Kartala in the south, rising to a height of 2, 361 meters, last erupted in 1977.

Value of agricultural output grew at an average annual rate of 7. 1 % during 1968 – 73, but since 1975 the sector has been hampered by droughts ( 1975, 1977, and 1979 ), hurricanes ( in 1979 and 1980 ), and slumping world prices and quota allocations for sugar ( since 1985 ).

* Police Story ( 1 episode, 1977 )

On 1 October 1977, Naval Support Facility, Diego Garcia, was established as the senior US Navy command on the island.

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; he played just the once – a home game at Richmond Park on 2 October 1977 against Shamrock Rovers, keeping a clean sheet in a 1 – 0 win – before returning to the Strikers for the North American 1978 season.

Francis Gary Powers ( August 17, 1929 – August 1, 1977 ) was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident.

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The withdrawal became effective on November 1, 1977.

Under the Local Government Provisional Order Confirmation Act 1976, part of the urban area of Drogheda, which lay in County Meath, was transferred to County Louth on 1 January 1977.

The rivalry would in the following years be virtually negated by very poor play of he Colts ; the Colts would win just 117 games in the twenty-one seasons ( 1978 – 98 ) that bracketed their 1977 playoff loss to the Oakland Raiders and the 1999 trade of star running back Marshall Faulk ; this included a 0 – 8 – 1 record during the NFL's strike shortened 1982 season.

* Oral History interview transcript with John Bardeen 12, 16 May, 1, 22 December 1977 & 4 April 1978, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives

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Bobrow and T. Winograd, Cognitive Sci 1: 1 ( 1977 ).

The HSCA obtained another first generation print ( from CE 133-A ) on April 1, 1977 from the widow of George de Mohrenschildt.

They reached the final again in 1977, beating Liverpool 2 – 1.

* 1977 – The 1977 Vrancea Earthquake in southern and eastern Europe kills more than 1, 500, mostly in the seriously damaged Bucharest in Romania.