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How "grave breaches" are defined in the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols

… The four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Protocol 1 of 1977 … ] 2. Acts described as grave breaches in the Conventions are grave breaches of this … of other protective signs recognized by the Conventions or this Protocol. 4. In addition …

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Geneva Conventions 75th Anniversary: Reaffirm commitment to IHL and make it a political priority

… the event to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions held at the Swiss Embassy in …  - of the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions Vice-President Wang Ping of …

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Event to mark the 75th anniversary of Geneva Conventions

Updated Commentary on the Geneva Conventions of August 12 1949. Volume I, 2016 (Paperback)

The First Convention is a foundational text of international humanitarian law. It contains the essential rules on the protection of the wounded and sick, those assigned to their care, and the red …

Publication

Seven decades of protection: the Geneva Conventions through the test of time – Expert discussion

… and at the beginning of the Cold War, the Geneva Conventions deepened the body of treaty law … and Other International Organizations, Geneva, and the ICRC, hosted an expert …

Event

75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions: Rediscovering and reviving African humanitarian traditions

… On the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, three African experts remind us … this rule emerged seven centuries before the Geneva Conventions were adopted, the …

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

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

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

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Commentary on the Geneva Conventions of August 12 1949. Volume I, 1952

… of international humanitarian law. Volume I: "Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the …

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Summary of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and their Additional Protocols

… This is not an abridged commentary on the Conventions and their Additional Protocols, …

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ICRC launches shocking video on the human cost of ignoring the Geneva Conventions

… 31-10-2016 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of … the terrifying human cost of ignoring the Geneva Conventions and aims to raise awareness of …

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ICRC library

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.