… of protection for journalists, given that the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols … media personnel (Article 4 A (4) of the Third Geneva Convention and Article 79 of Additional …
… of the repression mechanism laid down in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 for serious violations of … of having committed grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949. This option is …
… notably through the adoption of the 1864 Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the … THE TREATY-BASED SOURCES OF IHL? 1 The four Geneva Conventions of 1949 (GC I, II, III and IV), …
… 8 June 2017, the Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 will turn 40. To mark this … number of publications and organize events in Geneva and in its delegations around the world …
… in 1889 and with its Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the Inter-Parliamentary … translated into various activities. Held in Geneva from 23 to 27 October 2016, the 135th … on the update of the Commentary to the Geneva Conventions, the Universal Meeting of National …
… by the 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions, the Rome Statute of the … Convention, 1999 Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 – Art. 53 Protocol II …
… spotlighting "the 75th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions – strengthening humanity" From 10 … to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions. The Seminar was chaired by …
… missing. 1 See Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions (AP I), Art. 33; ICRC Study on … the whereabouts of family members (the Fourth Geneva Convention (GC IV), Arts 25, 26 and 82; …
… 2 September 2014 at the ICRC Humanitarium in Geneva, and brought together numerous members … with preparing the revision of the 1929 Geneva Conventions. After the Second World War, as …
… 2024 also marks the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions. On August 12, 1949, in the … approve these foundational treaties. The Geneva Conventions set the cornerstone of …
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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.
