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China: Forty years anniversary of Additional Protocols – a grand gathering of IHL experts

… Pejic, senior legal adviser of the ICRC in Geneva, gives her presentation on generating … makes his presentation on the impact of the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols on …

Protected persons: Prisoners of war and detainees

… The Third Geneva Convention protects prisoners of war. … law: Prisoners of war and detainees The Third Geneva Convention provides a wide range of … Article 3 common to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol II provide …

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Field exercise during a course on international humanitarian law in Russia.

Joint statement by the Republic of South Africa and the ICRC on International Humanitarian Law

… year 2019, marks the 70th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions – the central instrument of … The seminar was held on the theme of the Geneva Conventions joining the international …

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What treaties make up IHL? What is customary IHL?

… IHL came into being with the original Geneva Convention of 1864. It has evolved in … in chronological order of adoption: 1864 Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the … projectiles in wartime) 1899 The Hague Conventions respecting the Laws and Customs of …

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Detention

… The Third Geneva Convention protects prisoners of war. … conflict. Detention and the law The Third Geneva Convention provides a wide range of … conflicts, Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions, together with Additional Protocol …

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A child inmate in Mopti arrest house in Mali.

Treaties and customary law

… a large number of treaties, in particular the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional … unwritten customs. In that year the First Geneva Convention was adopted. It proved to be …

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International Humanitarian Law and China: Historical Timeline

… 1864 Adoption of the 1st Geneva Convention. Image 1904 The Qing government joined the 1st Geneva Convention of 1864. On November 21, … 1906. Geneva. Review Conference of the Geneva Conventions. 1907 On June 12, China ratified …

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IHL and china: historical timeline

Prisoners of war: What you need to know

… during the First World War, States adopted a Geneva Convention on PoWs. It was the first … PoWs, and was the precursor to the 1949 Third Geneva Convention on PoWs (GC III) . During … at the mercy of belligerent States, the Conventions activate with full force. By …

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Protected persons: Civilians

… community responded with the Fourth Geneva Convention, adopted in 1949. Before 1949, the Geneva Conventions had protected wounded, sick, …

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Internally displaced people have taken refuge in a school used as a makeshift camp in Kanyaruchinya, Congo.

World Peace Forum: ICRC calls for multilateral cooperation and new approaches to conflict prevention and resolution

… can work is found in the universally ratified Geneva Conventions. Adopted in 1949, the Conventions … Law is crucial in times of conflict. The Geneva Conventions also gave a clear mandate …

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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.