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International Humanitarian Law Bibliography

… humanitarian principles. The ICRC Library in Geneva contributes to this mission by … des Etats africains à l’élaboration des conventions universelles relatives au droit … to the updated ICRC commentary on the Third Geneva Convention Sean Watts. - West Point, NY …

Law and policy topic

Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC alarmed by intensification of Gaza hostilities amid decimated healthcare system

… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

News release
ICRC Emblem badge old image

The humanitarian consequences of armed conflict: Promoting respect for and good practices in the application of international humanitarian law

… upon the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions to join this initiative to …

Statement

Sri Lanka: The ICRC hosts the 2nd National Conference for Families of Missing Persons in Sri Lanka

… that protect victims of war. It is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and works in more than … organization, its mandate stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. Media contacts Ruwanthi …

News release
Sri Lanka - The ICRC hosts 2nd National Conference for Families of Missing Persons 2025

Tagalog book on intersections between IHL and Islamic jurisprudence launched

… proseso ng panahon na nagsimula sa unang Geneva Convention ng 1864 para mapabuti ang … at ibat-ibang bansa sa pagtalaga sa apat na Geneva Conventions ng 1949 at ang mga karagdagang …

Law and policy topic
"IHL and Islamic law" book in Tagalog displayed on a desk

The Geneva Conventions and their Commentaries

… The 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols are … Highlights Updated Commentary on the First Geneva Convention Updated Commentary on the … Third Geneva Convention What are the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols? …

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Protected persons: Prisoners of war and detainees

… The Third Geneva Convention protects prisoners of war. … law: Prisoners of war and detainees The Third Geneva Convention provides a wide range of … Article 3 common to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol II provide …

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Field exercise during a course on international humanitarian law in Russia.

Detention

… The Third Geneva Convention protects prisoners of war. … conflict. Detention and the law The Third Geneva Convention provides a wide range of … conflicts, Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions, together with Additional Protocol …

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A child inmate in Mopti arrest house in Mali.

Protected persons: Civilians

… community responded with the Fourth Geneva Convention, adopted in 1949. Before 1949, the Geneva Conventions had protected wounded, sick, …

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Internally displaced people have taken refuge in a school used as a makeshift camp in Kanyaruchinya, Congo.

Protected persons: The wounded, the sick and health-care providers

… was the founding principle of the 1864 Geneva Convention. That principle remained the … aspects of war and was consolidated in the Geneva Conventions of 1949, three Additional …

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ICRC Health care providers with patient

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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.