Occupation
… in The Hague Regulations of 1907, the Fourth Geneva Convention and Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions. Under occupation law, the …
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Human rights law
… as provided in Article 5 of the Fourth Geneva Convention). However, a state cannot … and punish violations. IHL is based on the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, …
Gender and IHL
… based on sex, ICRC, Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention, Article 16 Due regard for women, ICRC, Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention, Article 14(2) Customary law …
Other bodies of law protecting persons affected by violence
… to IHL as well. IHL is based on the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, … weapons. The ICRC has a mandate under the Geneva Conventions, as the guardian of IHL, to …
International Conference
… At the conference, states – as parties to the Geneva Conventions and partners in humanitarian … members include all states party to the Geneva Conventions and all Movement components …
Weapons and disarmament
… and expanding bullets (1868 and 1899). The Geneva Protocol (1925) outlawed poisonous … by the Biological and Chemical Weapons Conventions. The 1980 Convention on Certain …
Protected persons: Missing persons
… says Treaty law Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 – Art. 32–34 Fourth Geneva Convention, 1949 – Art. 26 …
Domestic law and IHL
… restriction of certain combat tactics. The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional … and practical measures. For example, the Geneva Conventions require states to put an …
Compliance with IHL
… law is at the core of our mandate under the Geneva Conventions. IHL in action IHL in action: …
Protection
… understanding of and respect for the law The Geneva Conventions – the rules of war – protect … from punishing serious violations of the Geneva Conventions to protecting the use of …
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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.
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.