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65th Anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
… in 1948 and, a year later, of the four Geneva Conventions, the international community … Beyond the universal acceptance of the Geneva Conventions and the obvious need for …
Advanced Training Course in International Humanitarian Law
… ICRC’s new conference and visitors' centre in Geneva, from 4-7 November 2013. Experts from … such as updating the Commentaries to the Geneva Conventions, collaborating on the ICRC …
Detention in non-international armed conflict – First thematic consultation of government experts, January 2014.
… it comes to international armed conflict, the Geneva Conventions are largely dedicated to … different contexts in mind. Some, like the Geneva Conventions, Common Article 3 and …
The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols
… The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols are … shipwrecked troops, prisoners of war). The Geneva Conventions – one of humanity's most important …
Detention in non-international armed conflict: Consultations with government experts, 2012-2013
… of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 60 01 F +41 … consensus that the rules found in the 1949 Geneva Conventions applicable in international armed …
Strengthening Compliance with IHL – Preparatory discussion, December 2013
… December 16 and 17, 2013 BACKGROUND DOCUMENT GENEVA, NOVEMBER 2013 Contents 1. Introduction … States on Strengthening Compliance with IHL, Geneva, June 17-18, 2013 … addition to States parties to the 1949 Geneva Conventions. The International Conference is …
Biological weapons: Efforts needed to strengthen preventive measures, Meeting of States Parties, 2013
… and on their Destruction, 9-13 December 2013, Geneva. Like many States, the ICRC is … Convention. The ICRC’s Advisory Service, in Geneva and in the field, remains available to … to the inter-sessional process here in Geneva, it is encouraging that various ideas …
Contemporary challenges to IHL – Privatization of war: overview
… and their protection assured, by the Fourth Geneva Convention, the Additional Protocols of …
Methods of incorporating punishment into criminal law - Factsheet
… questions: • • • • are grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Additional Protocol I … questions: • • • • are grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and 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.
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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.
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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.