ICRC Statement: UN General Assembly Sixth Committee
… status of the Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the … status of the additional protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 relating …
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Law and Policy
… situations of violence. The rules of war Geneva Conventions: The set of rules we all agree on Highlights Geneva Conventions and the law The rules of war …
Topics, debates and disarmament
… law is at the core of our mandate under the Geneva Conventions. IHL in action IHL in action: … century, culminating in treaties such as the Geneva Conventions. Key principles include …
Our mandate and mission
… Our mandate under the Geneva Conventions is to provide humanitarian … humanitarian law, which is set out in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional …
Air and naval warfare
… 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 …
Legal provisions - Sexual violence in armed conflicts workshop
… law Treaty law Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions: Conflicts not of an international … of Civilian Persons in Time of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949 Protocol Additional to …
From our archives: Rules to limit suffering
… post for wounded soldiers. The 1864 Geneva Convention stipulated that wounded … causing death or terrible injuries. The 1925 Geneva Protocol prohibited the use of … of armed forces at sea. The four Geneva Conventions of 1949 – now universally ratified …
Choosing humanity: new video and online game challenge us to confront how numb we have become to abuses to the rules of war
… 07-11-2017 Geneva (ICRC) - The ICRC this week launches a … with a new way of engaging with the Geneva Conventions. The interactive microsite …
Olenivka penal facility: Prisoners of war and ICRC's role
… our work in helping POWs and what the Geneva Conventions say about their rights. Here are … commitment and our mandate under the Geneva Conventions. If allowed to visit the …
Wounded, sick and shipwrecked protected under international humanitarian law
… was the founding principle of the First Geneva Convention signed in 1864. It remained … the conduct of war, now consolidated in the Geneva Conventions of 1949, three Additional …
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