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The Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949

… texts of the two Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, as adopted on 8 … Law applicable in Armed Conflicts (Geneva, 1974-77). It also includes extracts …

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Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 – Ratification kit

… Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 Model instrument of … TO THE THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS ADOPTED ON 8 DECEMBER 2005 …

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Updated Commentary on the Geneva Conventions of August 12 1949. Volume III

… The application and interpretation of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 have developed … audiences, the Updated Commentary on the Geneva Conventions of August 12 1949. Volume …

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Digitalizing the Geneva Conventions – giving greater access to the rules of war

… On the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, the International Committee of … technology to give greater access to the Geneva Conventions, and other treaties and …

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Nepal: Regional experts discuss IHL on eve of Geneva Conventions’ 70th anniversary

Prof. Dr Lok Raj Baral, social scientist and political analyst, underlined the interrelation between society and law in his inaugural speech at the opening of the Advanced IHL South Asia Academics …

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China: Updated Commentary on the First Geneva Convention launched at the CUPL

… to the Updated Commentary on the First Geneva Convention, makes comments at the … / ICRC The Updated Commentary on the First Geneva Convention was launched at the China … of updating the Commentary on the First Geneva Convention relating to the protection …

Atrocities in conflict mean we need the Geneva conventions more than ever

By Helen Durham, director of international law and policy at the ICRC. Don't dismiss the law of war – it has never been better known by the public and the outrage expressed when it is breached has …

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Republic of Korea: Preserving humanity in war by upholding the Geneva Conventions

… Ceremony of the 75th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, War Memorial of Korea, Seoul, … mark in 2024 the 75th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions. They are foundational …

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Balthasar Staehelin - the personal envoy of the ICRC president to China and head of the Regional Delegation for East Asia – speaks at the War Memorial of Korea on 10 September, 2024 in Seoul. He was attending an event to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Geneva Conventions and inaugurate the “Digital Dilemmas-Civilians at Heart” exhibition on Geneva Conventions and Digital Dilemmas. Photo by Ha Yong Sik and ICRC

Reflections on 70 Years of the Geneva Conventions and the Challenges Ahead

… to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions. These events coincided with the … States to come together to revise the earlier Geneva Conventions of 1929 and further expand …

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Bangladesh: Experts discuss relevance of Geneva Conventions amid today’s challenging humanitarian contexts

… shape the debate and discussions around the Geneva Conventions which celebrate their 70th … on the 12th of August this year. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional …

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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.

IHL treaties

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.