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Methods and means of warfare
… methods and means of waging war are the Hague Conventions of 1907, the 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions and a series of agreements … says Treaty law Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 – Art. 35–60 Protocol …
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 …
IHL and other legal regimes
… to IHL as well. IHL is based on the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, … ICRC has a mandate of guardianship under the Geneva Conventions to promote respect and …
Mozambique: Members of Parliament discuss international humanitarian law
… the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, the International Committee of … humanitarian law of which the 1949 Geneva Conventions are a key component. The …
Chemical and biological weapons
… articles What does the law say? Treaty law Geneva Protocol, 1925 Biological Weapons … Convention, 1993 Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 – Article 36 Customary law …
ICRC President Spoljaric concludes visit to Moscow: Progress on prisoners of war is urgent
… Geneva (ICRC) - During a visit to Moscow over … obligations to respect rules laid out in the Geneva Conventions. Note to editors and …
Atomic weapons and non-directed missiles: ICRC statement, 1950
… High Contracting Parties, Signatory to the Geneva Conventions for the Protection of the Victims of War. Geneva, 5 April 1950. On 6 August 1945, when …
Means of personal identification
… combatants and protected persons. The 1949 Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I of 1977 … the protection that is their due. The 1949 Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I …
The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction: ICRC statement to the United Nations, 2014
… and addressing the impunity gap. The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Additional Protocol I … any or a combination of grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I, …
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