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ICRC president in first official visit to Democratic Republic of the Congo

… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around … , +221 78 186 46 87 Fatima Sator, ICRC Geneva,  fsator@icrc.org , +41 79 848 49 08 …

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Kinshasa, 08 mai 2025. La présidente du CICR rencontre la Première ministre de la RDC, Judith Suminwa Tuluka, lors de sa première visite officielle dans le pays. Mirjana Spoljaric était accompagnée de Patrick Youssef, directeur régional Afrique du CICR, et de François Moreillon, chef de la délégation du CICR en RDC.

Yemen: 153 detainees released with the support of the ICRC

… 25-01-2025 Geneva/Sanaa (ICRC)  –Today 153 … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

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153 detainees released with the support of the ICRC

Partnering for Humanity: Humanitarians and philanthropists working together

… of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 730 60 01 F +41 … one year later, the adoption of the original Geneva Convention. This revolutionary document was the basis for the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional …

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ICRC president concludes visit to Moscow

… 17-09-2024 Geneva (ICRC) – President of the International … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

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ICRC president in Qatar to urge progress to alleviate humanitarian crisis

… 20-11-2023 Geneva (ICRC) – The president of the … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

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Weapons: ICRC sounds alarm on arms trade

… 24-08-2015 Geneva/Cancun, Mexico - The International … please contact: Francis Markus, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 23 28 or +41 79 244 64 …

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Yemen: 113 detainees released with the support of the ICRC

… 26-05-2024 Geneva/Sanaa (ICRC) – The unilateral release … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

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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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The Role of National Societies During International Armed Conflict Under IHL: An Operational View

… While it primarily focuses on roles under the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols …

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The Role of National Societies During International Armed Conflict Under IHL: An Operational View

What is IHL?

… humanitarian law' (or 'humanitarian law'). GENEVA AND THE HAGUE IHL has two branches: the 'law of Geneva', which is the body of rules that … of 8 June 1977 additional to the Geneva Conventions, which combine both branches, that …

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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.