Significant dates in the history of international humanitarian law and the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
01-01-2009
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 | Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War (Protocol V to the 1980 Convention) |
2005 | Third additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions relating to the adoption of an additional distinctive emblem |
2008 | Convention on Cluster Munitions |