… were designed to protect and function, the Geneva Conventions can rise to the modern challenges … This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, a moment of recommitment …
… into spaces which are unregulated." The Geneva Conventions protect the core of humanity in … Ireland (@ICRC_uk) March 6, 2019 However, the Geneva Conventions remain the accepted …
… 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 …
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… 24-03-2015 Kuala Lumpur / Geneva (ICRC) – The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) – … the Red Cross and Red Crescent in December in Geneva, Switzerland. This is where all States party to the 1949 Geneva Conventions – the cornerstone of IHL – will …
… 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 …
… 31-10-2024 Geneva, 31 October (ICRC/IFRC) The Red Cross … together 191 signatory governments of the Geneva Conventions, along with 186 National Red Cross …
… 06-04-2020 Geneva (ICRC) – Detaining authorities around … spread of Ebola and cholera in prisons. The Geneva Conventions require that prisoners of war and …
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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.
