The International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission – Model declaration of acceptance
… by Article 90 of Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949. Date Signature …
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The obligation to disseminate international humanitarian law – Factsheet
… When the States become parties to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional … this a rule of customary law. All four 1949 Geneva Conventions use virtually identical …
Legal protection of children in armed conflict
… the particular vulnerability of children, the Geneva Conventions of 1949 (hereafter GCIII and GCIV) …
1976 Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
… of Protocol I of 1977 additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 form an essential … December 1976. It was opened for signature in Geneva on 18 May 1977, and entered into force …
The exchange of information on national measures to implement international humanitarian law
… laws and implementing regulations The 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional Protocol … 48, 49, 128 and 145, which are common to the Geneva Conventions, and of Article 84 of …
Protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict - Report
… in the event of armed conflict, held in Geneva on 5 and 6 October 2000. Bien … Conflict Report on the Meeting of Experts (Geneva, 5-6 October 2000) Marı́a Teresa Dutli … law. Contained essentially in the 1949 Geneva Conventions for the protection of the victims …
Dialogue with the past: the ICRC and the Nazi death camps
… of prisoners of war not protected by the 1929 Geneva Convention. The draft was the subject … the work that led to the adoption of the Geneva Convention relative to the protection …
Practical advice for the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict - Guidelines
… 1. 1977 Protocols additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions 1.1 National measures of … armed conflicts) additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 for the protection …
New weapons - Factsheet
… found in Protocol I additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions on the protection of … found in Protocol I additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions on the protection of victims of …
The International Committee of the Red Cross as guardian of international humanitarian law
… Movement [6 ] and by the States party to the Geneva Conventions, that is, practically all the … the tasks incumbent upon it under the Geneva Conventions, to work for the faithful …
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