ANNEX D SYRIA’S OBLIGATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN LAW39 Reservations40 Convention Signed (s)/ Ratified/Acceded (r) INTERNATIONAL TREATIES RELATING TO HUMANITARIAN LAW41 (specific) Victims of armed conflict Geneva Conventions, 1949 11/02/1953 (r) None Additional Protocol (I) to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 11/14/1983 (r) None Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, 2000 10/17/2003 (r) The Syrian Arab Republic declares that the statutes in force and the legislation applicable to the Ministry of Defense of the Syrian Arab Republic do not permit any person under 18 years of age to join the active armed forces or the reserve bodies or formations and do not permit the enlistment of any person under that age. 31