Direct participation in hostilities
… part in hostilities. However, neither the Geneva Conventions nor their Additional Protocols … expert meetings were held in The Hague and Geneva between 2003 and 2008, bringing together …
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The environment and warfare
… objective. Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions adds a specific prohibition on … 1976 Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 Customary IHL Rule 43. …
Methods and means of warfare
… and means of waging war are the Hague Conventions of 1907, the 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions and a series of agreements … says Treaty law Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 – Art. 35–60 Protocol …
Chemical and biological weapons
… articles What does the law say? Treaty law Geneva Protocol, 1925 Biological Weapons … 1993 Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 – Article 36 Customary …
Global Initiative to Galvanize Political Commitment to International Humanitarian Law
… Despite a global consensus supporting the Geneva Conventions, adherence to even the most … call on all High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions to join this initiative to …
Our finances
… contributions from the states party to the Geneva Conventions (governments); National Red Cross … contributions from the states party to the Geneva Conventions (governments), National Red …
Occupation
… in The Hague Regulations of 1907, the Fourth Geneva Convention and Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions. Under occupation law, the …
Human rights law
… as provided in Article 5 of the Fourth Geneva Convention). However, a state cannot … and punish violations. IHL is based on the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, the …
Gender and IHL
… based on sex, ICRC, Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention, Article 16 Due regard for women, ICRC, Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention, Article 14(2) Customary law …
Other bodies of law protecting persons affected by violence
… to IHL as well. IHL is based on the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, the … weapons. The ICRC has a mandate under the Geneva Conventions, as the guardian of IHL, to …
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