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Free photo exhibit- "75 years of the Geneva Conventions: Preserving Humanity in War"

… reproduction of the first page of the First Geneva Convention, which was adopted on August … members of armed forces in the field.    The Geneva Conventions are international treaties that …

Event
GC75 Exhibit Poster Web

Jordan: Facts & Figures for the First Half of 2024

… commemorate the 75th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, we organized several significant … RIGHTS LAW •  To commemorate the Geneva Conventions 75 anniversary, a photo …

Report
Jordan: Facts & Figures for the First Half of 2024 | Credit: Farah Ramadan

Middle East: De-escalation and protection of civilians urgently needed

… 30-07-2024 Geneva (ICRC) – A surge in attacks across … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

News release

Jordan: The Essay Competition on International Humanitarian Law

… marks the 75 th anniversary of the 1949 Four Geneva Conventions.  They specifically protect people … enriched in Common Article 1 to the Four Geneva Conventions. In your opinion, after 75 …

Statement

ICRC Regional Delegation for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay - Brochure

… on the mental health of particularly the 1949 Geneva Conventions the population, and difficulties … in more than 100 countries, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. •• Has over 17,000 …

Publication
In brief

What does the law say about the responsibilities of the Occupying Power in the occupied Palestinian territory?

… civilians, most prominently in the  Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949   (GCIV), give … the Hague Regulations of 1907 , the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 and its  Additional …

Law and policy topic

Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory: The law of occupation must be respected

Geneva (ICRC) -- Present in the region since … obligation under article 49(6) of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, prohibiting the … obligation under Common Article 1 to the Geneva Conventions of 1949. …

Statement

In times of insecurity and conflict, states must work together to uphold and strengthen international humanitarian law

… 18-07-2024 Geneva (ICRC) – At a time when international … route of pulling away from the treaties and conventions—like the Geneva Conventions which turn 75 years old …

News release
In times of insecurity and conflict, states must work together to uphold and strengthen international humanitarian law

Gaza: Repeated mass casualty events put hospitals under severe strain

… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around … sadavies@icrc.org , Christoph HANGER, ICRC Geneva , tel: +41 79 731 04 03, email: …

Article
Gaza Field Hospital. Surgeons at work (2024). Hisham Mhanna/ICRC

The International Committee of the Red Cross in Greece, 2016-2023: Brief review of activities

… of the Additional Protocols to the 1949 Geneva Conventions was coorganized together with the … Researchers, co-organized by the ICRC and the Geneva Academy. Workshop on IHL (Athens War …

Law and policy topic
Child next to a tent in ICRC camp in Greece

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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.

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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.

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Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.