… humanitarian organisation, based in Geneva, Switzerland. The ICRC has been … initial mandate is derived from the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional …
… that protect victims of war. It is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and works in more than 100 … organization, its mandate stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. Media contacts: Ruwanthi …
… marked the 150th birthday of the original Geneva Convention. So for the last two years, …
… in the consequences. Mr President, The Geneva Conventions were born out of the smouldering … to the creation and adoption of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which provides clear, …
… 22-06-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – The humanitarian situation of … organization, its mandate stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. it is based in Geneva, …
… international armed conflict (IAC). The four Geneva Conventions, which apply to IACs, contain more … persons deprived of liberty, ICRC, Geneva, June 2015 Meeting of all States , …
… military reasons so demand. See: Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, Article 49(1); … into Practice: A Stocktaking Exercise, ICRC, Geneva, October 2016. 7 2009 Council of … Conflict: Facing up to the Challenges, ICRC, Geneva, 2009: …
… ICRC executive and "main architect" of the Geneva Conventions. Take the law out of the books. The … contexts, negotiators of major international conventions, military personnel, legal advisors …
… Mr Charles Sabga, ICRC’s Legal Adviser from Geneva, Mr Sunod Jacob Matthew and Ms Supriya … Legal Adviser from Iran, presented on the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, the …
… 25-01-2024 Abidjan/Geneva (ICRC) – Captaining his country at the … in the year of the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, and reflects the ICRC’s new …
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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.
