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… as required by Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions. In other words, the longstanding …
… as required by Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions. In other words, the longstanding …
… (ICRC) in Mali. "By adhering to the four Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, …
… due to the organization’s mandate in the Geneva Conventions. After many months of negotiations … with belligerent nations for the 1929 Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War to be …
… for IHL contained in Common Article 1 to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 more operational. Common …
… law, as set out in Article 1 common to the Geneva Conventions. This requires States to take …
… particular, they report on breaches of the Geneva Conventions by both sides, especially regarding … intermediary of their permanent Missions in Geneva, to honour their obligations under the …
… of warfare. The rules are set out in the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, to … of the signing in 1864 of the initial Geneva Convention and of the 60th anniversary …
… MILITARY, LEGAL AND HUMANITARIAN ASPECTS GENEVA, SWITZERLAND 26 TO 28 MARCH 2014 … of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 60 01 F +41 22 … 36 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions (API) and implemented by some …
… to work in detention, as determined by the Geneva Conventions. We monitor the conditions of …
… "Cases and Documents," to articles from the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, and … (Frédérique Mariat, student at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian …
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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.