… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross … of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 60 01 …
… 36 of Protocol I Additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions. It was prepared further to an … Action adopted by the States Parties to the Geneva Conventions at the 28th International …
The cornerstone of the 1977 Additional Protocols is the principle of distinction. This leaflet provides a concise overview of the requirements of all parties to an armed conflict to distinguish …
… major milestone was the adoption of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949. …
… of warfare is changing rapidly. As the first Geneva Convention of 1864 turns 150 years old …
… 1945 and the subsequent drafting of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, and how far do we still have to …
… the evolution of the law of war from the 1864 Geneva Convention to the Hague Convention No. …
… adoption of the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions – and helps the reader to …
The Second Convention is a key text of international humanitarian law. It contains the essential rules on the protection of the wounded, sick and shipwrecked at sea, those assigned to their care, and …
… 8 June 1977. The Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions were a landmark in the development …
Try one of the following resources:
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.
