The protocol specifies that if a State Party to the Protocol considers that another State Party is not giving effect to a provision of the Convention, it may, by written communication, bring the matter to the attention of that State.
South Africa's International Relations Department said the Chief of StateProtocol, Bruce Koloane, had been placed on suspension while an investigation took place.
C. fully ignored that the U.S. has for over a quarter-century expressly refused to ratify a treaty (the 1977 Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions) that would grant POW protections to non-state militias.