Violence against women
… general protection is provided by the four Geneva Conventions (1949) and their Additional … punishment of perpetrators. As parties to the Geneva Conventions and other IHL treaties, the …
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Interactive dialogue on violence against women
… general protection is provided by the four Geneva Conventions (1949) and their Additional … punishment of perpetrators. As parties to the Geneva Conventions and other IHL treaties, the …
Eritrea: Facts and Figures 2013
… law research and to publish the translated Geneva Conventions of 1949. Thanks to the cooperation … in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red …
Role of domestic jurisdictions in the implementation of IHL - law and practice
… with the 150th anniversary of the first Geneva Convention (1864) which provides for … with the 150th anniversary of the first Geneva Convention (1864) which provides for … open to all States Parties to the Geneva Conventions with the aim of identifying ways …
Strengthening Compliance with IHL – Preparatory Discussion, April 2014
… States 3 and 4 April 2014 BACKGROUND DOCUMENT GENEVA, MARCH 2014 Contents 1. Introduction … 4. Meeting of States Parties to the Geneva Conventions … Meeting of States Parties to the Geneva Conventions (hereafter “Meeting of States”). …
Colombia: Humanitarian situation and ICRC activities
… 2014 8 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 57 58 59 2014: Geneva Conventions, 150 years of humanitarian action … IHL HAS TO SAY Protocol II additional to the Geneva Conventions Article 10. General …
From our archives: The First World War
… ICRC Library / RR / hist-e-05302 Switzerland, Geneva, 1915. Civilians who have fled fighting … the International Prisoners of War Agency in Geneva, which centralized information and … ICRC Library / RR / R. Gilly / hist-01144-05 Geneva. A train passes through Switzerland on …
Penal Repression: Punishing War Crimes
… are addressed: war crimes and the 1949 Geneva Conventions; grave breaches must be punished; … regarded as war crimes. War crimes and the Geneva Conventions Many of the rules relating …
The Protection of the Red Cross, Red Crescent and Red Crystal Emblems
… the protection of the emblems under the 1949 Geneva Conventions and the Additional Protocols; … The use of the emblems is governed by the Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional …
Means of personal identification
… combatants and protected persons. The 1949 Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I of 1977 … the protection that is their due. The 1949 Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I …
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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.