This thesis is entitled “Effectiveness of Legal Provisions Regarding the
Protection of Journalists Who Served in Areas of Armed Conflict”. This research
is a normative research in which the writing of this research requires secondary
data which is the main material. Journalists who are in areas of international
armed conflict receive protection as civilians. International humanitarian law
provides protection for journalists in international armed conflicts into two
conceptions. First, protection of war correspondents in Article 4A paragraph (4)
of Geneva Convention III 1949, relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War,
secondly, protection of journalists who carry out dangerous professional
missions in Article 79 of the Additional Protocol I 1977. The legal protection
given to journalists serving in areas of international armed conflict has not been
effective as a whole, even though it has been regulated by international
humanitarian law. This is due to various factors, among others, firstly because
not all countries have ratified the Conventions and Additional Protocols, the
second factor because the Conventions and Additional Protocols cannot be
directly implemented and the third factor is the lack of understanding and respect
for the Conventions and Additional Protocols.