The Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross: Commentary
… humanitarian law, mainly embodied in the Geneva Conventions for the protection of the victims … Notes 1. Jean Pictet: Red Cross Principles, Geneva, 1956. (Translated from the French, Les …
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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? …
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 …
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 …
Protected persons: Civilians
… community responded with the Fourth Geneva Convention, adopted in 1949. Before 1949, the Geneva Conventions had protected wounded, sick, …
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 …
Protected persons
… people and objects during armed conflict. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols … cannot be done during an armed conflict. The Geneva Conventions are at the core of this …
Air and naval warfare
… at sea Updated Commentary on the Second Geneva Convention San Remo Manual on … based on 1977’s Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, including by defining what a …
Our history
… is the story of humanitarian action, the Geneva Conventions and the birth of the International … of the Red Cross met for the first time in Geneva, Switzerland. Among its five founding …
Use of emblems
… emblems are clearly set out in the law. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols … they also require each state party to the Geneva Conventions and their Additional …
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