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The ICRC and the Iran-Iraq war: The ICRC Library digs up the Annual Reports

… In particular, they report on breaches of the Geneva Conventions by both sides, especially … intermediary of their permanent Missions in Geneva, to honour their obligations under the …

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Health Care in Danger Newsletter - December 2014

… marks the 150th anniversary of the original Geneva Convention, the first set of rules to … facilities, during armed conflict. The four Geneva Conventions of 1949 are the cornerstone of …

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O, Humanitarian coordination bodies, 1921- ongoing, 127 metres of shelf space

… rédigée par Fabrizio Bensi. Règles ou conventions Inventaire conforme à la norme … on the grounds of the Parc Mon-Repos (Geneva), made available to the Institute through the City of Geneva and renovated through a grant made in …

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Russia-Ukraine: Overview of the ICRC’s response two years after the escalation of the armed conflict

… States to strengthen compliance with the Geneva Conventions, alleviating the suffering of …

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Nigeria: Hundreds of thousands received food and assistance in 2016

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

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Being accountable to people affected by armed conflicts

… on 28 March 2018, at the ICRC Humanitarium in Geneva. Maurer  opened the discussion with a … establish a Digital Do No Harm or a Digital Geneva Convention need to be carefully … and bombs: Does cyberspace need a “Digital Geneva Convention”? IRIN, 17 November 2017: …

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ICRC exhibition brings reality of war to Australian cities

… design and photos of the exhibition in Geneva by Sarah Roxas. All other film extracts … of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland www.icrc.org © ICRC, May … 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …

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Nigeria: Hundreds of thousands received emergency relief assistance

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

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ICRC in Yemen: Our work in 2015

… International Humanitarian Law, of which the Geneva Conventions are the backbone. With its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the ICRC dangers that the …

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Hugo Slim: ICRC partnerships, today and tomorrow, in conflict and disaster

… a twin! You share your 70th birthday with the Geneva Conventions . Both born in 1949, you two twins …

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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.