Domestic law and IHL
… restriction of certain combat tactics. The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional … and practical measures. For example, the Geneva Conventions require states to put an end …
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Russia–Ukraine international armed conflict: Your questions answered about the ICRC’s work
… humanely and with dignity. According to the Geneva Conventions, states party to an international … torture. We work on the basis of the Third Geneva Convention, which states that the ICRC's …
A licence to kill for autonomous weapons?
… possibility? A five-day long conference in Geneva has been looking at just such issues. …
Autonomous weapons systems: Profound implications for the future of warfare
… on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) met in Geneva to discuss the technical, military, … Article 36 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, which has been under-implemented", …
No agreement by States on mechanism to strengthen compliance with rules of war
… 10-12-2015 Geneva (ICRC) – After four years of extensive … Crescent, which draws to a close today in Geneva. Instead, States agreed to launch an … annual meeting of states party to the Geneva Conventions, a non-politicized forum for them …
ICRC President arrives in the West Bank
… 15-12-2023 Geneva (ICRC) - Mirjana Spoljaric, the … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the …
Armenian prisoner of war returns home
… 18-11-2015 Geneva (ICRC) - An Armenian soldier who had … will. On the basis of its mandate under the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC has been working in the …
Philippines: Strengthening protection for victims of armed conflict through legislation
… (ICRC) – Over 60 years after ratifying the Geneva Conventions , the Philippines has achieved much … families." The Philippines ratified the four Geneva Conventions in 1952, and later their …
Sudan: Civilians fleeing and remaining in Al Fasher must be spared from harm, get access to aid
… and around the Sudanese city of Al Fasher. Geneva (ICRC) – For over one and a half years, … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the …
Autonomous weapons: ICRC submits recommendations to UN Secretary-General
… humanitarian organization. Through the Geneva Conventions of 1949 (Geneva Conventions) and other international …
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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.
Customary IHL
Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.