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How we work with National Societies

… both to fulfilling its own mandate under the Geneva Conventions and to accomplishing the … was given to us by states through the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional …

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The ICRC supplies electronic and logistic gear to the Egyptian Red Crescent, enabling Sudanese arrivals to keep in touch with their families.

Conduct of hostilities and protection of civilians

… century, culminating in treaties such as the Geneva Conventions.  Key principles include …

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Strollers sit abandoned along a route people used to flee Irpin, Ukraine.

ICRC Library

… minutes of Diplomatic Conferences , where the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols … of the Red Cross 19 avenue de la Paix  1202 Geneva,  Switzerland Contact Tel: +41 22 730 …

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Geneva, ICRC headquarters: Library and research service.

Customary IHL

… international law. Treaties, such as the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, are written conventions in which states formally establish …

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Two men standing with their hands raised up as another man points a weapon at them and two others look on

Legal review of weapons

… says Treaty law Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 – Article 36 Domestic law …

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Deactivated cluster sub-munition in South Lebanon, Sadikine village.

Protected persons: Persons with disabilities

… Armed Conflict On The 70th Anniversary Of The Geneva Conventions The ICRC’S Vision 2030 on …

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Man walking with boy with a prosthetic leg at rehabilitation center.

Learning and teaching IHL

… Where should IHL be taught? As per the Geneva Conventions, IHL must be disseminated by …

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The winners of the 2019 edition of the Zimbabwe National IHL Moot Court Competition organized by the ICRC and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ).

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

… was given to us by states through the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional …

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The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is the world's largest humanitarian network

Protected persons: Children

… says Treaty law Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 – Art. 77 Protocol II additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 – Art. 4 Convention …

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Children play with a ball in Beledweyne, Rasmi camp.

Reconnecting families

… families are addressed. Enshrined in the Geneva Conventions, it is a permanent structure … Ukraine According to its mandate under the Geneva Conventions, the CTA created a …

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In Democratic Republic of the Congo, an ICRC delegate helps reunite a two-year-old with his mother, after being separated for three weeks.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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