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The Geneva Conventions and their Commentaries

… The 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols are … Highlights Updated Commentary on the First Geneva Convention Updated Commentary on the … Third Geneva Convention What are the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols? …

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Geneva Conventions: humanity must prevail!

… Today marks the 75th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions adopted on 12 August 1949. … humanity that led to the adoption of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949.  Today marks the …

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The Geneva Conventions turn 70

… The Geneva Conventions – one of humanity's most important … It's a moment to celebrate all the lives the conventions have helped save, note the further … law (IHL). Read more: 5 myths about the Geneva Conventions as they turn 70 …

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Geneva Conventions and the law

… law is based on treaties, in particular the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, … on all States and parties to a conflict. Geneva Conventions and their Commentaries The …

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ICRC car next to buildings that have been destroyed by conflict

Geneva Conventions: Even wars have limits

… lives? And, continues to protect people? The Geneva Conventions. The Geneva Conventions are a vital global pledge …

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Geneva Conventions (Consolidation) Act – Model law

… Legislation for Common Law States on the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 and 2005 Additional … Model Law Geneva Conventions (Consolidation) Act …

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The Geneva Conventions are for all of us

… States convened to adopt the historic 1949 Geneva Conventions in the aftermath of the Second … that we can inflict upon each other. The Geneva Conventions symbolize our enduring and …

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Hungary: 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions

… 2024 marked the  75th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 , the foundational … of the Anniversary of the International Conventions”, organized in Budapest by the …

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Hungary ICRC statement conference “Humanitarian Values and Challenges in Commemoration of the Anniversary of the International Conventions"

The Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949

… The four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 are … conflict. An article common to the four Geneva Conventions guarantees a minimum amount of …

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Geneva Conventions: Relevant today more than ever

… (IHL) was a commemoration of 70 years of the Geneva Conventions as much as a forum to deliberate … harm to civilians is drastically reduced. The Geneva Conventions are a vital global pledge …

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ICRC library

Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.

IHL treaties

International humanitarian law is based on a number of treaties, in particular the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols, and a series of other instruments.

Customary IHL

Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.