… 04-12-2023 Geneva (ICRC) - Mirjana Spoljaric, the … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
… limits. While 2019 marks 70 years of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, Viet Nam celebrates 62 years of ratifying these Conventions. …
… 29-03-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – As the international armed … parties to fulfil their obligations under the Geneva Conventions without further delay. The parties …
… Additional Protocols I and II of 1977 to the Geneva Conventions of 1949; as well as • the ICRC … Law 1. Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, and relating to …
… A week ago, for the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, I urged the world to recommit to …
… to 1867 when Russia acceded to the original Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the …
… approach Governments, as states party to the Geneva Conventions, are the ICRC’s main funders, …
… in full. Every State party to the Geneva Conventions also has an obligation in this connection: Article 1 common to the four Geneva Conventions calls on all States Parties …
… for limiting human suffering. The four Geneva Conventions, which came into being in 1949 and … haven that they so desperately need. The Geneva Conventions make up the cornerstone of …
… for us marking 75 years on the passing of the Geneva Conventions with a focus on key humanitarian … for us marking 75 years on the passing of the Geneva Conventions with a focus on key …
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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.
