HI,

I have this article about "Missing People" and here's a part of it:

In the implementation of this Section, the activities of teh HIgh Contracting Parties, of the Parties to the conflict and of the international humanitarian organizations mentioned in the conventions and in theis protocol..[to be continued]

what are High contracting parties?

Elly.

Hi,

high contracting parties The representatives of states who have signed or ratified a treaty . From the point of view of international law it is immaterial where the treaty-making power resides (e.g. in a head of state, a senate, or a representative body): this is a question determinable by the constitutional law of the particular contracting state concerned.

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1O49-highcontractingparties.html

Best wishes, Clive