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1949 Conventions and Additional Protocols, and their Commentaries

Geneva Convention (I) on Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field,1949 and its commentary

12.08.1949

Geneva Convention (II) on Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked of Armed Forces at Sea, 1949 and its commentary

12.08.1949

Geneva Convention (III) on Prisoners of War, 1949 and its commentary

12.08.1949

Geneva Convention (IV) on Civilians, 1949 and its commentary

12.08.1949

Additional Protocol (I) to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 and its commentary

08.06.1977

Annex (I) AP (I), as amended in 1993 and its commentary

30.11.1993

Annex (I) AP (I), 1977 and its commentary

08.06.1977

Annex (II) AP (I), 1977 and its commentary

08.06.1977

Additional Protocol (II) to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 and its commentary

08.06.1977

Additional Protocol (III) to the Geneva Conventions, 2005 and its commentary

08.12.2005

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ICRC National Implementation Database

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Reference documents

States party to the main treaties

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Map of States party to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols

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