… When Dunant got back to his hometown of Geneva, he began writing A Memory of Solferino … protection on the battlefield. The original Geneva Convention, adopted in 1864, made these …
… on display at the ICRC headquarters in Geneva. As part of a global drive to ensure … of the distinctive emblems set out in the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols. …
… in many places and by many belligerents. The Geneva Conventions are not up for negotiation ; they …
… Cross (ICRC) and a Visiting Professor at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland. Prior to joining the ICRC, … consistent with the provisions of the Geneva Conventions related to honourable burial, and …
… In line with its mandate under the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC also engages in sustained … In line with its mandate under the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC also engages in …
… began by underlining that all parties to the Geneva Conventions shared a responsibility for …
… world of political imprisonment.” “The Geneva Conventions...continue to remind us most … with the ICRC, which we nicknamed “M-Geneva”, was in 1980 following a hunger strike …
… is prohibited by numerous provisions of the Geneva Conventions and their Additi- onal Protocols, … is prohibited under common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions, which requires the humane …
… that the ICRC will host a conference in Geneva from 07 to 09 December in which we will … The two Additional Protocols to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and the Convention on the Rights of …
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross and …
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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.
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.
