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ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric: "I truly believe in the preventive character of international humanitarian law"

… 52nd Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. ICRC President stressed that the … priority again for all parties to the Geneva Conventions. Because I truly believe in …

Statement

ICRC president statement to the Regional Conference on the Social and Humanitarian Impact of Autonomous Weapons, Costa Rica

… progress after nine years of discussions in Geneva at the Convention on Certain …

Law and policy topic

China: Support relationships to promote IHL in focus at event co-hosted by ICRC and CIISS

… law. It's mandate, which is enshrined in the Geneva Conventions, is the basis for its … initiative, joined the event online from Geneva and elaborated on the book's key …

Article

Tausug book on intersections between IHL and Islamic Shariah launched

… Law). Timagna siya ha Panagnaan Par-isunan ha Geneva (First Geneva Convention) sin tahun 1864, ha … Hikaupat Par-isunan ha Geneva (Fourth Geneva Conventions) sin tahun 1949, agad na in ganap …

News release

Russia-Ukraine international armed conflict: The Red Cross and Red Crescent response one year on

… the International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, 2023 Any part of this publication may … in the power of belligerent States, the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 activate with full force. …

Report

Request for Tender - RFT/ICRC/IOM/GVA23/00025 - 3-year Frame Agreement - Solar Lamp

… at the ICRC: March 21, 2023 at 12:00 (Noon - Geneva time). Should you have any questions … Switzerland 19, avenue de la Paix CH-1202 Geneva Switzerland Tel: +41 22 730 27 20 … Humanitarian Law, notably the Geneva Conventions. RFT/ICRC/IOM/GVA23/00025 The …

Article

How misinformation and disinformation harm ICRC’s humanitarian work in Burkina Faso

… to the ICRC by all state signatories to the Geneva Conventions, and we frequently acknowledge and …

Law and policy topic

The importance of preserving a neutral humanitarian space for conflict affected populations

… it by all the States who are signatory of the Geneva Conventions. This role allows us to monitor, …

Law and policy topic

ICRC turns 160 as work to protect civilians from horrors of conflict continues

… 16-02-2023 Geneva (ICRC) –The International Committee of … a reality when a group of citizens from Geneva founded the International Committee for … in their care, giving birth to the Geneva Conventions. For more information, please …

News release

160 years on the side of humanity: A commitment that has never waned

… lives within millions of people. Dunant was a Genevan entrepreneur and had gone to Solferino … war). When Dunant got back to his hometown of Geneva, he began writing A Memory of Solferino … protection on the battlefield. The original Geneva Convention, adopted in 1864, made these …

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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.

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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.