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Ukraine: Amid mounting human cost, parties must uphold international humanitarian law

… A statement from ICRC President Peter Maurer Geneva (ICRC) – We are seeing a devastating … civilian suffering and loss of life. The Geneva Conventions and their First Additional …

News release

Fifth Commonwealth Red Cross and Red Crescent Conference on IHL

… Celebrating the Geneva Conventions and Building respect for IHL: A … in this year of the 70 th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions.” Conference participants …

Law and policy topic

Statutes of the International Committee of the Red Cross

… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross … is an organization formally recognized in the Geneva Conventions, their Additional …

Article

Biological weapons: Efforts needed to strengthen preventive measures, Meeting of States Parties, 2013

… and on their Destruction, 9-13 December 2013, Geneva. Like many States, the ICRC is … Convention. The ICRC’s Advisory Service, in Geneva and in the field, remains available to … to the inter-sessional process here in Geneva, it is encouraging that various ideas …

Statement

National Committees for the implementation of international humanitarian law

… The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional … States are obliged to spread knowledge of the Conventions and Protocols as widely as … OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their …

Law and policy topic

Through effective multilateralism, States can create norms that uphold our humanity

… to draft, negotiate and adopt the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, which today are core to … norms, uphold them and take action. These Geneva Conventions were designed to protect …

Statement

International law on the conduct of hostilities: overview

… Through a series of treaties such as the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, … in the Hague Convention of 1907 and the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional …

Law and policy topic

The rule of law at the national and international levels: ICRC statement to the United Nations, 2015

… for IHL in all circumstances. That the Geneva Conventions of 1949 are the most widely … conflict - a mandate conferred upon us by the Geneva Conventions, their Additional Protocols …

Statement

Urgent humanitarian needs, prisoners of war top agenda for President Spoljaric’s first visit to Moscow

… 18-01-2023 Geneva (ICRC) - ICRC President Mirjana … to states’ obligations to uphold the Geneva Conventions, which lay out the rules of …

News release

Jordan: The Essay Competition on International Humanitarian Law

… marks the 75 th anniversary of the 1949 Four Geneva Conventions.  They specifically protect people … enriched in Common Article 1 to the Four Geneva Conventions. In your opinion, after 75 …

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.