Legal Framework

Geneva Conventions — Common Article 3

Provides minimum protections applicable in non-international armed conflicts, prohibiting murder, torture, hostage-taking, humiliating treatment, and extrajudicial sentencing against persons not participating in hostilities. Often called a "convention in miniature."

Source

https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/gciv-1949

Article

Common Article 3