I.  INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW AND INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW IN ARMED CONFLICT: LEGAL SOURCES, PRINCIPLES AND ACTORS The Hague Regulations are generally considered as corresponding to customary international law, binding on all States independently of their acceptance of them. The Geneva Conventions have attained universal ratification. Many of the provisions contained in the Geneva Conventions and their Protocols are considered to be part of customary international law and applicable in any armed conflict.13 Other international treaties dealing with the production, use and stockpiling of certain weapons are also considered part of international humanitarian law, insofar as they regulate the conduct of armed hostilities and impose limitations on the use of certain weapons. Some of these conventions are:  The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction;  The Convention on Cluster Munitions;  The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction;  The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction;  The Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects; and  The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has a special role under international humanitarian law. The Geneva Conventions stipulate that it will visit prisoners, organize relief operations, contribute to family reunification and conduct a range of humanitarian activities during international armed conflicts. They also allow it to offer these services  For a detailed analysis of customary rules of international humanitarian law, see International Committee of the Red Cross, Customary International Humanitarian Law, by Jean-Marie Henckaerts and Louise Doswald-Beck (Cambridge University Press, 2005). 13 13