1859	Battle of Solferino - Henry Dunant

1863	International Committee for the relief of military wounded: as from 1876, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) International Geneva Conference Establishment of national committees for the relief of military wounded

1864	Geneva Convention for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded in armies in the field

 

1867	1st International Conference of the Red Cross

1899	The Hague Conventions - Laws and customs of war on land (Convention No. II) - Adaptation to maritime warfare of the principles of the 1864 Geneva Convention (Convention No. III)

1906	Revision and development of the 1864 Geneva Convention

1907	The Hague Conventions - Laws and customs of war on land (Convention No. IV) - Adaptation to maritime warfare of the principles of the 1906 Geneva Convention (Convention No. X)

1919	League of Red Cross Societies - as from 1983, League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - as from 1991, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

1925	Geneva Protocol Prohibition of the use in war of asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases and of bacteriological methods of warfare

1928	Statutes of the International Red Cross (revised in 1952 and 1986)

1929

Geneva Conventions - Wounded and sick in armed forces in the field [revision of the 1906 Geneva Convention] (1st Convention) - Prisoners of war [supplements the 1899 Hague Convention No.II and 1907 Hague Convention No.IV] (2nd Convention) - Official recognition of the red crescent emblem (first used in 1876)

1949

Geneva Conventions - The wounded and sick in armed forces in the field [revision and development of the 1929 Geneva Convention]  (First Convention) - Wounded, sick and shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea [revision and development of the 1907 Hague Convention No. X] (Second Convention) - Prisoners of war [revision and development of the 1929 Geneva Convention] (Third Convention) - Civilian persons [supplements the 1899 Hague Convention No.II and 1907 Hague Convention No. IV] (Fourth Convention)  - The four Conventions contain a common Article 3 relating to the protection of victims of non-international armed conflicts

1965	Proclamation of the Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, universality (incorporated in 1986 into the Statutes of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement)

1976	Convention on the protection of the environment Prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques

1977	Protocols additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions - Protection of victims of international armed conflicts (ProtocoI I) - Protection of victims of non-international armed conflicts (Protocol II)

1980	Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects.

1986	Statutes of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

1989	Agreement between the ICRC and the League

1989	Convention on the Rights of the Child

1993	Convention on the prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons and on their destruction

1994	San Remo Manual on International Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea

1995	Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons (Protocol IV)

1996	Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices (Protocol II)

1997	Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction

1997	Agreement on the Organization of the International Activities of the Components of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

1998	Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

2003	Adoption of the Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War

2006	Adoption of the third additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions relating to the adoption of an additional distinctive emblem