… laid the groundwork for the adoption of the Geneva Conventions. Years before Henry Dunant came … in domestic legislation and international conventions dealing with terrorism – the two …
… the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) and the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian … States party to Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions. In 2006, the Third Review …
… 12-11-2015 Geneva/Yerevan/Baku (ICRC) – An Armenian … On the basis of its mandate under the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC has been working …
… protect in war?" allows students to apply the Geneva Conventions to concrete issues related to … How does law protect in war?, 3rd. ed., ICRC, Geneva, 2011, also available online at: …
… for IHL contained in Article 1 common to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 more operational. For …
… Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Geneva, Switzerland, 8-10 December 2015. … Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Geneva, Switzerland, 8-10 December 2015. … Articles 2 and 3 common to the 1949 Geneva Conventions. 2 This challenge has been the …
… On 22 October, the ICRC and the Geneva Academy organized a conference to … and International Organization, University of Geneva Helen Durham, Director of International … this extract of the commentary of the Geneva Conventions, Naz K. Modirzadeh articulated how …
… On 22 October, the ICRC and the Geneva Academy organized a conference to … and International Organization, University of Geneva Helen Durham, Director of International … this extract of the commentary of the Geneva Conventions, Naz K. Modirzadeh articulated how …
… of detention and all detainees covered by the Geneva Conventions or an access agreement. In each of …
… "grave breaches" regime laid down in the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional … violations of Article 3 common to the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and of Additional …
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Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.
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 international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.
