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Beidh feidhm ag an bPrótacal seo, a dhéanann forbairt agus forlíonadh ar Airteagal 3 atá i ngach ceann de Choinbhinsiúin na Ginéive den 12 Lúnasa 1949 gan a choinníollacha feidhme mar atá a leasú, maidir le gach coinbhleacht armtha nach gcumhdaítear le hAirteagal 1 den Phrótacal Breise a ghabhann le Coinbhinsiúin na Ginéive den 12 Lúnasa 1949, agus a bhaineann le hÍospartaigh Coinbhleachtaí Armtha Idirnáisiúnta a Choimirciú (Prótacal I) agus a tharlaíonn i gcríoch Ardpháirtí Chonarthaigh idir a fhórsaí armtha agus fórsaí armtha easaontacha nó grúpaí armtha eagraithe eile, atá faoi cheannasaíocht fhreagrach agus a fheidhmíonn ceannas ar chuid dá chríoch de shórt a fhágann go bhfuil ar a gcumas oibríochtaí míleata leanúnacha agus comhbheartaithe a dhéanamh agus an Prótacal seo a chur i ngníomh.
This Protocol, which develops and supplements Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 without modifying its existing conditions of application, shall apply to all armed conflicts which are not covered by Article 1 of the Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I) and which take place in the territory of a High Contracting Party between its armed forces and dissident armed forces or other organised armed groups which, under responsible command, exercise such control over a part of its territory as to enable them to carry out sustained and concerted military operations and to implement this Protocol.