… 23 and 24 April 2015 BACKGROUND DOCUMENT GENEVA, MARCH 2015 Contents 1. 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. … types of armed conflicts, as defined in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional …
… receive special protection under the Fourth Geneva Convention and Additional Protocol I. …
… commemorate the 75th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, we organized several significant … RIGHTS LAW • To commemorate the Geneva Conventions 75 anniversary, a photo …
… issue, the call helped bring about the 1925 Geneva Protocol – still in force today. Battle … invoked the Regulations annexed to the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 respecting the … ICRC efforts Encouraging responses reached Geneva – in particular from the Danish, …
… Protocol I of 8 June 1977 additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 (Additional Protocol I), … armed conflict, whether new or old. The four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Additional …
… organizing committee of the competition in Geneva in 1996 Coach in 1997 GENERATING … IMAGINATION* ‘One of the worst enemies of the Geneva Conventions is ignorance.’1 Jean Pictet …
… of the Red Cross (ICRC) was founded in Geneva, Switzerland after the conflict at … them. That was in 1859. In 1864 the First Geneva Convention was signed by twelve … situations. It has been co-produced by Geneva's Art and History Museums, the Caen …
… states around the world are parties to the Geneva Conventions and they have an obligation to … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people …
… all … • In the same vein, Article 42 of the Geneva Convention III relative to the … in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
… 30-08-2025 Geneva (ICRC) – The following is a quote … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
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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.
