8. Yes. The applicable international instruments adopted by Portugal are taken into consideration in armament acquisition programs. The legal instruments are the national decrees transposing those instruments into the Portuguese law system. Responses to Document CCW/GGE/X/WG.1/WP.2, Entitled IHL and ERW, Dated 8 March 2005: Response from Portugal (17 February 2006) CCW/GGE/XIII/WG.1/WP.6
This Guiding Principle mimics much of the language used in Article 36 of Additional Protocol I (Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts). Moreover, Portugal notes that this Guiding Principle echoes the Martens Clause as quoted in Paragraph 5 of the …
