Updated Commentary on the Second Geneva Convention
… of the Updated Commentary on the Second Geneva Convention, the ICRC convenes a panel … Background Since their adoption in 1949, the Geneva Conventions have been subjected to testing and …
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Commentary on the First Geneva Convention (flyer)
… promotes the updated Commentary on the First Geneva Convention – the first in a series of …
Ethiopia: Marking the 75th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions
… This year we mark the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions of August 1949, under the theme … “The One Set of Rules We All Agree on”. The Geneva Conventions are the basic rules of war …
Protocols I and II additional to the Geneva Conventions
… international treaties that supplement the Geneva Conventions of 1949. They significantly … were the Additional Protocols I and II to the Geneva Conventions adopted? They were adopted …
1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 1949
… of international humanitarian law are the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 for the … They supplement, but do not replace, the Geneva Conventions of 1949. ADVISORY SERVICE …
Geneva Conventions: Humanity’s bet against horror in armed conflict
… The Geneva Conventions are 70 years old. On this … to these fundamental texts. These four Conventions are among the very few … on August 12, 1949: many states convened in Geneva to adopt 429 articles, written largely …
Australia: Launch of updated commentary on Second Geneva Convention
… of the updated Commentary on the Second Geneva Convention, a treaty drafted in the … at sea. Key note speaker Bruno Demeyere, Geneva-based legal adviser for the ICRC, led a … least understood and analysed of the Geneva Conventions," Dr McLaughlin said. The updated …
ICRC: Korean War Anniversary and the Geneva Conventions
… set an unprecedented event where the Third Geneva Convention was enacted in a major …
Preparatory documents on Geneva Conventions now available online
… its project to update the Commentaries on the Geneva Conventions, readers can now access individual … the project to update the Commentaries on the Geneva Conventions , the ICRC library's …
Iran: Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions
… 75th anniversary of the adoption of the four Geneva Conventions. The Geneva Conventions, as the main part of …
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