… A statement from ICRC President Peter Maurer Geneva (ICRC) – We are seeing a devastating … civilian suffering and loss of life. The Geneva Conventions and their First Additional …
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
… in the ICRC's role as the guardian of the Geneva Conventions – a set of universally ratified …
… organization, its mandate stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. it is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and works in more than …
… humanitarian law, including the four 1949 Geneva Conventions and its First Additional Protocol … organization, its mandate stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It is based in …
… of the updated commentary to the fourth Geneva Convention. • 3 lecturers from Kenya …
… urgently needed but will take time Geneva/Kyiv (ICRC) – The recent … its mandate stems essentially from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. it is based in …
… convened the 5th Common Article 1 of the Geneva Convention Roundtable on Tuesday, 15 …
… is prohibited by numerous provisions of the Geneva Conventions and their Additi- onal Protocols, … is prohibited under common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions, which requires the humane …
… extended to March 31th, 2022 at 17:00 (Geneva time) • Sample delivery to the ICRC Geneva and the assigned external laboratory: … Humanitarian Law, notably the Geneva Conventions. Within the above mandates 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.
