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Our Fundamental Principles

… deliberate choice. Our mission comes from the Geneva Conventions, universal laws that preserve a …

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In Tovuz, the ICRC and the Red Crescent Society of Azerbaijan organize sessions to teach people about risk awareness and safe behaviour

The governing bodies of the ICRC

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

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ICRC Geneva headquarters

Private military and security companies

… and their protection assured, by the Fourth Geneva Convention, the Additional Protocols of …

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A soldier reads a brochure on IHL for military forces.

Criminal repression of IHL violations

… of IHL through the adoption of the four 1949 Geneva Conventions and the establishment of the …

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Protected persons: Women

… general protection is provided by the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional …

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A group of African women and children facing the camera.

How we are accountable to the people we help

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

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Wusab Assafil district, Yemen: An ICRC staff member answers beneficiaries' questions about the ICRC and the ongoing distribution for internally displaced persons.

Helping detainees

… with a unique mandate granted by the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, we …

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An ICRC employee speaking with detainees at the San Salvador, Cojutepeque Penal Centre.

Dialogue with weapon bearers

… stated explicitly in Common Article 3 to the Geneva Conventions. From a practical point of view, …

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An ICRC staff member in dialogue with an individual about the principles of international humanitarian law.

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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.