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Call for Papers: Ethiopian Journal of International Humanitarian Law (EJIHL)

… Cross and Red Crescent Movement and the four Geneva Conventions of 1949. One facet of ICRC's role … found in international treaties, notably the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their …

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Humanitarian data and digital infrastructures must be protected against digital threats

… parties to armed conflicts. For example, the Geneva Conventions and our Movement Statutes – which …

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Libya: Thousands of displaced people provided with food and essential hygiene items in 2016

… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …

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Women protected under international humanitarian law

… general protection is provided by the four Geneva Convention (1949) and their Additional …

Law and policy topic

Kyrgyzstan: A look back at 2014 and forward to the remainder of 2015

… of the ICRC (in 2013) and of the original Geneva Convention (in 2014), the Swiss embassy …

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Speech by ICRC president to African Union Peace and Security Council

… convened last May on Common Article 1 of the Geneva Conventions stipulating "The Obligation to …

Law and policy topic

Guidelines and information on how to do business with ICRC

… Procurement Unit 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 60 01 F +41 … of Human Rights, and ILO's Fundamental Conventions and Declaration on Fundamental … is less protective than ILO fundamental conventions, ICRC should promote the …

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ICRC archives to be opened, 1966-1975

… Croissant-Rouge Circulaires aux gouvernements Conventions de Genève et leur interprétation; … 022-253 ''The Course of Five Lessons on the Geneva Conventions'' de Henri Coursier … Ouvrage du professeur Umozurike : ''The Geneva Convention and Africa'' …

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Speech by ICRC president at Constitution Hill, Johannesburg, South Africa

… Red Cross (ICRC), as bestowed upon it by the Geneva Conventions. This complex, over a hundred … law (IHL) provisions contained in the 1949 Geneva Conventions and 1977 Additional …

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Gender equality and war: “No humanity, dignity, peace until international humanitarian law is upheld for all genders”

… It has a mandate from states and the Geneva Conventions to promote respect for … the political will of state parties to the Geneva Conventions to assess their own conduct …

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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.