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Georgia: Efforts to clarify the fate of missing persons
… The legal obligations are laid out in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional …
Humanitarian Policy at the WHS
… EU) Atrocities in Conflict mean we need the Geneva Conventions more than ever (Helen Durham, …
Sexual violence: A tragic and taboo scar of South Sudan’s conflict
… the oldest and most basic rules of war. The Geneva Conventions clearly prohibit it in both … the oldest and most basic rules of war. The Geneva Conventions clearly prohibit it in both …
Liberia: Armed forces train in international humanitarian law
… the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL). "Under the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, …
The ICRC’s funding and spending
… contributions from the States party to the Geneva Conventions (governments), national Red Cross …
Autonomous weapons: Decisions to kill and destroy are a human responsibility
… on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, held in Geneva from 11-16 April. The International …
Atrocities in conflict mean we need the Geneva conventions more than ever
By Helen Durham, director of international law and policy at the ICRC. Don't dismiss the law of war – it has never been better known by the public and the outrage expressed when it is breached has …
Launch of the Updated Commentary on the First Geneva Convention
… Launch of the Updated Commentary on the First Geneva Convention. This livestreamed event … efforts. Updated Commentary on the First Geneva Convention Background Since their adoption in 1949, the Geneva Conventions have been put to the test and …
Speech given by ICRC President at National University of Mongolia
… some of the fundamental assumptions of the Geneva Conventions are being questioned through these … humanitarian needs. As the guardian of the Geneva Conventions, we have to engage with a …
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Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.