… law (IHL) and other bodies of law. The 1949 Geneva Conventions were the first treaties to prohibit … As we mark the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions this year, let us also …
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… 24-11-2014 Rabat/Geneva (ICRC) – The Moroccan government and the … founding in 1863 it has brought forth the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross and …
… the prohibition. Countries agreed the 1925 Geneva Protocol, which banned the use of … of toxic chemicals as weapons under the 1925 Geneva Protocol, the 1993 Chemical Weapons … International Committee of the Red Cross Geneva, September 2012∗ Prohibition This …
… humanitarian law is contained in the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 which every country in the … mandate is set out in the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional …
… Papua New Guinea is a signatory of the Geneva Conventions, the series of international … such as the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions. Secretary of the Department …
… Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the … nature, as most are unwilling to amend the Geneva Conventions or to adopt a new treaty. …
… 10-10-2014 Geneva / Baku / Erevan (ICRC) – The body of an … On the basis of its mandate under the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC has been working …
… (and biological) weapons in 1925 (The Geneva Protocol). This was reinforced with … toxic chemical as a weapon under the 1925 Geneva Protocol, the 1993 Chemical Weapons …
… ICRC was mandated by the states through the Geneva Conventions of 1949, which are at the heart of … by armed conflict and other violence. The Geneva Conventions are among the most ratified …
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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.
