… in international armed conflict are the four Geneva IHL is a set of international rules, … and means of warfare of their choice. Conventions of 1949 and their Additional … armed conflict are article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol II …
… An introduction", Henry Dunant Institute, Geneva/Paul Haupt Publishers, Bern, 1993. … of international humanitarian law, with the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols as …
… is the story of humanitarian action, the Geneva Conventions and the birth of the International … of the Red Cross met for the first time in Geneva, Switzerland. Among its five founding …
… 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. …
… 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 this …
… 20-05-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – As per its mandate given by the Third Geneva Convention, and in agreement with all … The nations that agreed to the Geneva Conventions committed to protecting the lives …
… ICRC's updated commentaries project on the Geneva Conventions. PHOTO: Tongji University The … of the updated commentary on the Second Geneva Conventions. Marwa Shabbar, Head of the …
… Protocol I of 8 June 1977 additional to the Geneva Conventions (Protocol I) provides for the … Protocol I of 8 June 1977 additional to the Geneva Conventions (Protocol I) provides for …
… a seminar titled " 75 Years of the Four 1949 Geneva Conventions: International Humanitarian Law and … process of China's ratification of the Geneva Conventions and other IHL treaties. Dr. …
… Public Welfare Committee in his home town of Geneva took them up and formed a working group … from a dozen countries adopted the first Geneva Convention, which put a legal framework … humanitarian law: 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.
