Syria: ICRC calls for sustained and collective efforts to address the issue of the missing
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… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the …
… 30-08-2025 Geneva (ICRC) – The following is a quote … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the …
… 02-09-2025 Geneva (ICRC) – Following a decision by the … and the country’s obligations under the Geneva Conventions. We intend to preserve our dialogue …
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the … please contact: Achilles DESPRES, ICRC Geneva, adespres@icrc.org tel: +41 79 848 49 …
… in international armed conflicts, the Geneva Conventions grant the ICRC the right to visit … armed conflicts, Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions permits the ICRC to offer …
… the backdrop of the 76th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, celebrated a week earlier, the … Despite the universal ratification of the Geneva Conventions, violations of fundamental …
… of WWII led to the adoption of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, cornerstone of International …
… on Cluster Munitions, 16-19 September 2025, Geneva Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies 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.