… and ratified—compel restraint. Under the Geneva Conventions, even your enemy must be treated … put into action. You determine whether the Geneva Conventions are a tool for peace that …
… Minister H.E. Zhou Enlai, recognizing the Geneva Conventions on behalf of the People’s Republic … when we mark 75 years since the adoption of Geneva Conventions of 1949. China’s call for …
… founded in 1863 at the instigation of two Geneva citizens, Henry Dunant and Gustave … approached governments to promote the 1864 Geneva Convention, which accorded wounded and … to it concerning violations of the Geneva Conventions or of the 1907 Hague Conventions …
… is the birthplace of the ICRC and the Geneva Conventions and is home to many international … institutions. The ICRC’s headquarters are in Geneva. The United Kingdom is a permanent …
… asked Nils Melzer, Human Rights Chair at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian … and the updated Commentary on the First Geneva Convention, also published by the ICRC … a detailed interpretative guide to the First Geneva Convention, mainly intended for legal …
… of the ICRC's updated commentary to the first Geneva Convention which provided a foundation … icrc.org/en/war-and-law/treaties-customary-law/geneva-conve… Further information Fact sheet … in conflict mean we need the Geneva conventions more than ever. By Dr Helen …
… on the 1977 Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions. This involves a definition of a … demands for regulation that led to the Fourth Geneva Convention and the subsequent …
… 20-11-2018 Geneva (ICRC) – Should a weapon system be able … Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons in Geneva FROM 23 TO 21 November, the ICRC will …
… the 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions and the 1954 Hague Convention and … of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva Switzerland hereinafter referred to as …
… 12-11-2015 Geneva/Yerevan/Baku (ICRC) – An Armenian … On the basis of its mandate under the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC has been working …
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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.
