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The equation is evident: Respect for IHL equals reduced human suffering

… Through the universal ratification of the Geneva Conventions, States have drawn the line of … Nations in Article 89 of the AP1 of the Geneva Conventions, in which High Contracting …

Statement

Principles of IHL (distinction, proportionality) have direct bearing on cyber operations

… [2] Art. 48 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to …

Statement

Norms for responsible State behavior on cyber operations should build on international law

… Arts 48, 51 and 52 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to … 54 AP I; Art. 14 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and …

Statement

Reversing commitment to anti-personnel mine ban endangers civilian lives

… 06-02-2020 Geneva - The International Committee of the …

News release

The Kampala Convention: Key Recommendations Ten Years On

… Report on Internal Displacement 2019, IDMC, Geneva, 2019: … Internally Displaced People 2018–2020, GP20, Geneva, 2018: … into Practice: A Stocktaking Exercise, ICRC, Geneva, 2016: https://shop.icrc.org/ 8 The …

Law and policy topic

Ethiopia: Putting humanitarian needs first in 2019

… the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions (GCs), organized a seminar …

Article

Displaced in War - International Humanitarian Law for every step

… and the 70th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions. Each of these milestones remain … and other international organizations in Geneva (opening remarks) Ms Grainne O'hara , …

Event

Remembering the Shoah: The ICRC and the international community's efforts in responding to genocide

… Maurer, president of the ICRC, 28 April 2015, Geneva, Switzerland History does not end. … to Tom Gal, the Representative here in Geneva, and to the distinguished panelists who … by the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions. Even the best and most ambitious …

Statement

ICRC to continue teaching laws of war to Sudanese Armed Forces

… humanitarian law is contained in the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 which every country in the … organization's mandate is set out in the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional …

News release

Yemen: 2019 ICRC activities

… Red Crescent Movement in Yemen. We in Geneva Dominik Stillhart gave an conducted 108 … in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …

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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.