4th Geneva Convention
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Part IV, Section I, Article 148: No High Contracting Party shall be allowed to absolve itself or any other High Contracting Party of any liability incurred by itself or by another High Contracting Party in respect of breaches referred to in the preceding Article.
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I don't think that really addresses situations where one government is overthrown for another...but I am not an international law & treaty specialist, so my opinion is suspect. I seem to recall Russia reassuring us that they would abide by all treaties formerly signed by the USSR right after the USSR started its downfall? Was that just a nicety, or did they really need to do so? Ukraine, Georgia, etc...didn't they all then come onboard some of the weapon treaties? Does that not apply, since none of those countries was still calling itself the USSR?
Here's an interesting document:
States Party to the 4th Convention and 1977 Protocols
Note under #1 (Abbreviations), where it talks about Succession. Answers my little question about the former USSR republics. Applicable to Iraq's situation?
If I read the chart right, Iraq is a party to the 4th Convention by accession in 1956.