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ICRC President: Respect for international humanitarian law key to breaking vicious cycle of conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

… 09-05-2025 Geneva (ICRC) — As conflict rages in the … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the …

News release
En el campamento de desplazados en Lac Vert, un grupo de civiles espera que distribuyan alimentos.

ICRC explainer: What does international law say about pardons for war crimes?

… In fact, under Additional Protocol II to the Geneva Conventions applicable to non-international … the ICRC is mandated by States through the Geneva Conventions and their Additional …

Law and policy topic

Peter Maurer: "Autonomous weapon systems raise ethical concerns for society"

… Effects (CCW) – 13-17 December 2021, Geneva / (Statement recorded 10 December 2021) …

Statement

Challenges raised by increasingly autonomous technologies

… of the 150th anniversary of the first Geneva Convention. On this occasion, the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian … Professor Andrew Clapham, Director, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian …

Event

Fighting violations of humanitarian law

… that of the USA, on the relevance of the Geneva Conventions and on how governments could …

Video

Compliance with IHL

… law is at the core of our mandate under the Geneva Conventions. IHL in action IHL in action: …

Topic
Members of an armed force group during an ICRC briefing on international humanitarian law.

Middle East: De-escalation and protection of civilians urgently needed

… 30-07-2024 Geneva (ICRC) – A surge in attacks across parts … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the …

News release

Judicial guarantees and safeguards – Factsheet

… of serious violations of any of the four Geneva Conventions (GC I-IV) or of Additional Protocol … of the domestic law of States party to the Geneva Conventions, and roughly correspond to …

Law and policy topic

Armenia/Azerbaijan: Civilian population, whether leaving or staying, must be protected

… 26-09-2023 Geneva (ICRC) –The thousands of people now … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the …

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Malaysia: 16th national IHL moot court competition 2019

… c) ICRC Commentaries to the Geneva Conventions and its Additional Protocols: … State Party Republic of Temeria Treaty Geneva Convention (I) on Wounded and Sick in …

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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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Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.