South Africa: Facts and Figures 2023
… 2024 marks the 75th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions (GCs) of 1949. It is an opportunity …
… 2024 marks the 75th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions (GCs) of 1949. It is an opportunity …
 
            … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the …
 
            … Ababa to mark the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions and the launch of Caucus Group of … also featured an exhibition highlighting the Geneva Conventions' universal appeal and its …
 
            … As we mark the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions this year, we will continue to … As we mark the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions this year, we will continue …
 
            … Red Cross and Red Crescent, to be held in Geneva from 28-31 October, presents a critical … Red Cross and Red Crescent, to be held in Geneva from 28-31 October, presents a critical … Societies and 196 States party to the Geneva Convention - the International …
 
            … milestone because it coincided with the 75th Geneva Conventions anniversary, the cornerstone of …
… London marking the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions. In an age of increasing conflict … to highlight the enduring importance of the Geneva Conventions, which are at the heart of …
 
            … 17-09-2024 Geneva (ICRC) – President of the International … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the …
 
            … 16-09-2024 Geneva (ICRC) – The president of the … a conflict about their obligations under the Geneva Conventions to limit suffering in war as well …
 
            … humanitarian law (or “IHL”). The first Geneva Convention was adopted just 160 years … battlefield. Today, IHL consists of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their three Additional …
 
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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.
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 international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.