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The International Committee of the Red Cross as guardian of international humanitarian law

… Movement [6 ] and by the States party to the Geneva Conventions, that is, practically all the … the tasks incumbent upon it under the Geneva Conventions, to work for the faithful …

Law and policy topic

Engaging with students and professors on the issue of sexual violence in armed conflicts - workshop

… protect in war?" allows students to apply the Geneva Conventions to concrete issues related to … law Treaty law Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions: Conflicts not of an …

Article

New weapons - Factsheet

… found in Protocol I additional to the 1949 Geneva Conven­tions on the protection of … found in Protocol I additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions on the protection of victims of …

Law and policy topic

ICRC delegation to the African Union

… AU has observer status. ICRC headquarters, Geneva, May 1992. Salim Ahmed Salim, Secretary … Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions and Launch of IHL Ambassadors …

Article

Russia-Ukraine international armed conflict: ICRC asks for immediate and unimpeded access to all prisoners of war

… 14-10-2022 Geneva (ICRC)—We share the frustration … who we have not been able to see. The Third Geneva Convention obliges parties to an … States have committed to respect the Geneva Conventions. Giving the ICRC access to visit …

News release

Fourth Meeting of Representatives of National Committees on International Humanitarian Law of Commonwealth States

… and the rule of law are embodied in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 to which all Commonwealth … ensure respect for IHL, as contained in the Geneva Conventions of 1949, recalling the …

Article

Prohibition and punishment of torture and other forms of ill-treatment

… other forms of illtreatment derives from the Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional … and Customs of War on Land (Art. 4); the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 (GC I, Art. 12; GC …

Law and policy topic

Algeria: ICRC president meets with Algerian authorities

… cooperation. The 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions this year serves as a reminder of … ensuring that their dignity is respected. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional …

News release

Humanitarian emergencies, international humanitarian law and security risk management in the Asia Pacific

… year also marks the 70th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions of 1949. Universally ratified, the Geneva Conventions represent the bedrock of …

Statement
ICRC Vice President at the 9th Beijing Xiangshan Forum

The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction: ICRC statement to the United Nations, 2017

… punished through criminal sanctions. The 1949 Geneva Conventions provide the obligation for States … trial. Protocol I of 1977 additional to the Geneva Conventions extends this obligation to …

Statement

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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.

IHL treaties

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 IHL

Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.