… launched the updated Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention , marking another milestone … to update the ICRC Commentaries on the four Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols. The …
… the commemoration of 150 years of the first Geneva Convention. The event, on 27 and 28 …
… of the updated Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention relative to the treatment of … and application of the law in practice. The Geneva Conventions and their updated Commentaries In …
… The text of the Geneva Conventions and of their Additional Protocols … briefly on the main provisions of the Conventions and their Additional Protocols, …
… of the 1977 Additional Protocols to the 1949 Geneva Conventions. The two Additional Protocols, … They not only supplemented the four 1949 Geneva Conventions, but also developed new …
… of the Updated Commentary on the First Geneva Convention. This livestreamed event … efforts. Updated Commentary on the First Geneva Convention Background Since their adoption in 1949, the Geneva Conventions have been put to the test and there …
… 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 …
… The Geneva Conventions of 1949 marked one of the greatest … of the 20th century, with the Second Geneva Convention regulating for the first time … commentaries to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and the 1977 Additional Protocols. …
… of the Updated Commentary on the First Geneva Convention. This livestreamed event … Background Since their adoption in 1949, the Geneva Conventions have been put to the test and there …
… Seventy-five years after the creation of the Geneva Conventions, armed conflict today and the rules … that too often the original purpose of the Geneva Conventions is being set aside and the …
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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.
