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Internal conflicts or other situations of violence – what is the difference for victims?

… armed conflict. Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions – called "common" because it is identical in each of the four Geneva Conventions – does not use the term …

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Implementing IHL in West Africa: Redux

… 3. New penal code takes violations of the Geneva Conventions into account5. Niger Côte d’Ivoire … 2. Domestication of the Criminal Procedure Geneva Conventions Code to integrate a and …

Law and policy topic

Contemporary challenges to IHL – security detention

… conflicts may be imposed under the Fourth Geneva Convention for "imperative reasons of … is no clearer, as Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions does not address procedural …

Law and policy topic

The exchange of information on national measures to implement international humanitarian law

… laws and implementing regulations The 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional Protocol … 48, 49, 128 and 145, which are common to the Geneva Conventions, and of Article 84 of …

Law and policy topic

A century of weapons of mass destruction: Enough!

… of the Red Cross, and through it the 1864 Geneva Convention. Similarly, the 1949 Geneva Conventions, and in particular the Fourth …

Statement

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict aftermath: Winter deepens agony of families of missing people

… 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 …

News release

Ukraine: ICRC President meets authorities, families of prisoners of war, and communities affected by the international armed conflict

… 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 …

News release

Russia – Ukraine: ICRC supports large-scale repatriation of human remains

… 17-06-2025 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of … Director for Europe and Central Asia in Geneva . “The repatriation of deceased … are legally required by the 1949 Geneva Conventions to search, collect and evacuate …

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Two ICRC delegates in protective clothing

Multilateralism plays an important role in alleviating suffering and creating conditions for peace

… can work is in the universally ratified Geneva Conventions . Adopted in 1949, the Conventions … and protect essential infrastructure. The Geneva Conventions also gave a clear mandate …

Statement

Relevant and practical: The Additional Protocols at 40

… the exception of Common Article 3 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. The context was also marked by … surveying the horrors of the Vietnam War "The Geneva Conventions, in the present …

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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.

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