… to the Updated Commentary on the First Geneva Convention, makes comments at the panel. … / 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 of …
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 …
… On the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, three African experts remind us of … this rule emerged seven centuries before the Geneva Conventions were adopted, the similarity …
… 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 …
… 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 I, …
… international humanitarian law. Volume I: "Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of 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 …
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 …
… 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 …
… This is not an abridged commentary on the Conventions and their Additional Protocols, but …
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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.
