… was the founding principle of the 1864 Geneva Convention. That principle remained the … aspects of war and was consolidated in the Geneva Conventions of 1949, three Additional Protocols …
… community responded with the Fourth Geneva Convention, adopted in 1949. Before 1949, the Geneva Conventions had protected wounded, sick, …
… and objects during armed conflict. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols … cannot be done during an armed conflict. The Geneva Conventions are at the core of this law. …
… at sea Updated Commentary on the Second Geneva Convention San Remo Manual on … based on 1977’s Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, including by defining what a …
… emblems are clearly set out in the law. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols … they also require each state party to the Geneva Conventions and their Additional …
… is the story of humanitarian action, the Geneva Conventions and the birth of the International … of the Red Cross met for the first time in Geneva, Switzerland. Among its five founding …
… kit - Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 Environment and warfare … Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols …
… by the 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions, the Rome Statute of the … 1999 Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 – Art. 53 Protocol II …
… "in all circumstances" (Art. 1 common to the Geneva Conventions). They must use their influence to … to armed conflict under Article 1 of the Geneva Conventions to respect and ensure …
… more What the law says Treaty law Fourth Geneva Convention, 1949 – art. 44, 45, 49, 70 Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 – Art. 73, 85 Protocol II …
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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.
