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1980 Convention on certain conventional weapons and its protocols -Ratification kit

… Protocols I, II and III) was adopted at Geneva on 10 October 1980, WHEREAS the State of … Protocols I, II and III) was adopted at Geneva on 10 October 1980, WHEREAS Review …

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General and specific protection of women under international humanitarian law

… in situations of armed conflict. KEY GC = Geneva Convention AP = Additional Protocol ICC …

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1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 – Ratification kit

… 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 - Ratification kit - … to the two Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 for the …

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Statute of the International Criminal Court – Article 8

… viii. b. i. ii. iii. Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of … under the provisions of the relevant Geneva Convention: Wilful killing; Torture or …

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The International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission – Model declaration of acceptance

… Article 90 of Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949. Date Signature …

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The obligation to disseminate international humanitarian law – Factsheet

… When the States become parties to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional … this a rule of customary law. All four 1949 Geneva Conventions use virtually identical …

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Legal protection of children in armed conflict

… particular vulnerability of children, the Geneva Conventions of 1949 (hereafter GCIII and GCIV) …

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1976 Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques

… of Protocol I of 1977 additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 form an essential … 1976. It was opened for signature in Geneva on 18 May 1977, and entered into force …

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The exchange of information on national measures to implement international humanitarian law

… laws and implementing regulations The 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional Protocol … 48, 49, 128 and 145, which are common to the Geneva Conventions, and of Article 84 of …

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Protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict - Report

… in the event of armed conflict, held in Geneva on 5 and 6 October 2000. Bien … Conflict Report on the Meeting of Experts (Geneva, 5-6 October 2000) Marı́a Teresa Dutli … Contained essentially in the 1949 Geneva Conventions for the protection of the victims …

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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.

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.