Guidelines on the use of the name and image of the ICRC by providers of goods and services
… is any use not expressly authorized by the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols. 6. …
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Customary international humanitarian law: Questions and answers
… international law. Treaties, such as the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, are written conventions … add to existing treaty law? While the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 have been ratified …
O, Humanitarian coordination bodies, 1921- ongoing, 127 metres of shelf space
… rédigée par Fabrizio Bensi. Règles ou conventions Inventaire conforme à la norme … on the grounds of the Parc Mon-Repos (Geneva), made available to the Institute through the City of Geneva and renovated through a grant made in …
Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 – Ratification kit
… Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 Model instrument of … TO THE THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS ADOPTED ON 8 DECEMBER 2005 …
The history of the emblems
… dead or wounded, on the battlefield. Back in Geneva, Henry Dunant started writing a book … and the second was the origin of the Geneva Conventions now signed by 192 States. …
China: Regional Symposium for the 30th Anniversary of the Adoption of the 1977 Protocols Additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions held in Beijing
… of the 1977 Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August, 1949: "Principles … June 1977 of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of August 1949 ("the …
Launch of the Chinese Version of the Customary International Humanitarian Law Study
… 2007 Commissioned by the States party to the Geneva Conventions and National Societies during the … Law and Human Rights at the University of Geneva provided an overview of the creation …
How is the term "armed conflict" defined in international humanitarian law?
… conflict. The States parties to the 1949 Geneva Conventions have entrusted the ICRC, through … in the meaning of common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and …
Guidelines for assessing the compatibility between national law and obligations under treaties of international humanitarian law
… of the Red Cross 19 Avenue de la Paix, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 6001 F+41 22 … measures required to implement the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional …
Analysis of the punishments applicable to international crimes (war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide) in domestic law and practice
… of the IHL rules are set out in the four 1949 Geneva Conventions and the 1977 Additional Protocols. … IHL. These are specific acts, listed in the Geneva Conventions and Protocol I, and include …
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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.