… the 70th Anniversary of the adoption of the Geneva Conventions. The Conventions were agreed with … implement, and ensure respect for the Geneva Conventions and wider IHL. …
… Hosted by the ICRC at its headquarters in Geneva, this hybrid event aimed to disseminate … in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
… each topic, references to articles from the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols and … Humanitarian Law, an Introduction, Geneva, Henry-Dunant Institute, 1993, 92 pp. …
… the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Geneva Conventions, which are at the core of … the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Geneva Conventions by organizing an …
… humanitarian action. Marking 75 Years of the Geneva Convention As part of RIHF, ICRC … to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions. DG, Krähenbühl delivered a …
Achievements and Challenges The ICRC Brussels delegation and the College of Europe have jointly organized the Bruges Colloquium on International Humanitarian Law every year since 2000 as part of …
… organization, its mandate stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. Besides the ICRC's … that protect victims of war. It is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and works in more than …
… see: ICRC Commentary on the First Geneva Convention and, in particular, the … see the ICRC Commentary on the First Geneva Convention, 2nd edition, and, in … of international armed conflict, the Geneva Conventions of 1949 do not define the words …
… and reach all persons protected under the Geneva Conventions—wherever they are.” In recent … seen them all.” All nations agreed in the Geneva Conventions that parties to an …
… human suffering. “In a divided world, the Geneva Conventions embody universal values, serving … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people …
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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.
