• Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War;16 • Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts;17 and • Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts.18 Finally, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court19 is also a significant international treaty relevant to the prohibition on torture both in times of peace and conflict. The status of ratifications of these conventions by the fifteen states whose national human rights institutions (NHRIs) are members of the APF is set out in Table 1 (human rights instruments relevant to torture) and Table 2 (humanitarian instruments relevant to torture). Supplementary instruments The UN General Assembly and Economic and Social Council have each adopted several additional instruments that relate either generally to the treatment of individuals while in detention or specifically to torture. These are: • Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment;20 the Convention concluded at Geneva on July 27, 1929, relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, entry into force 21 October 1951. 16 Adopted on 12 August 1949 by the Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War, held in Geneva from 21 April to 12 August 1949 for the purpose of establishing a Convention for the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, entry into force 21 October 1951. 17 Adopted on 8 June 1977 by the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law applicable in Armed Conflicts, entry into force 7 December 1978. 18 Adopted on 8 June 1977 by the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law applicable in Armed Conflicts, entry into force 7 December 1978. 19 Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession in Rome on 17 July 1998, entry into force 1 July 2002. 20 Adopted by UN General Assembly resolution 3452 (XXX) of 9 December 1975. 8