Civilians protected under international humanitarian law
… of the international community was the Fourth Geneva Convention adopted in 1949. Before 1949 the Geneva Conventions protected wounded, sick, …
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Children protected under international humanitarian law
… danger. The 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions were the first international … shelter and clothing are recognized by the Geneva Conventions and the 1977 Protocols. …
Persons protected under IHL
… people and objects during armed conflict. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols … well as civilians and civilian objects. The Geneva Conventions have their origin in the …
International criminal jurisdiction
… law through the adoption of the four 1949 Geneva Conventions and the establishment of the …
IHL and other legal regimes
… to IHL as well. IHL is based on the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, … ICRC has a mandate of guardianship under the Geneva Conventions to promote respect and …
Contemporary challenges to IHL – security detention
… conflicts may be imposed under the Fourth Geneva Convention for "imperative reasons of … is no clearer, as Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions does not address procedural …
Civilian "direct participation in hostilities": overview
… part in hostilities". However, neither the Geneva Conventions nor their Additional Protocols … expert meetings were held in The Hague and Geneva between 2003 and 2008, bringing …
Methods and means of warfare
… of 1907, the 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions and a series of agreements on …
Protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict
… by the 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions, the Statute of the International …
Civil defence
… general, it is Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, adopted in 1977, that makes …
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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.