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Contemporary Challenges to Humanitarian Action, 7th Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Lecture on International Humanitarian Law

… and exclusion. For the past 150 years, the Geneva Conventions and other bodies of international … will of the parties to a conflict. The Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I …

Statement

False allegations: ICRC condemns video showing cash in trunks

… sign of the protection conferred by the Geneva Conventions to the victims of armed conflicts. …

Article

Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC calls for an agreement between the parties to enable humanitarian action in Gaza

… 05-08-2025 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

News release
ICRC flag with sun behind

Launch of the Chinese Version of the Customary International Humanitarian Law Study

… 2007 Commissioned by the States party to the Geneva Conventions and National Societies during the … Law and Human Rights at the University of Geneva provided an overview of the creation …

News release
Professor Louise Doswald-Beck, Director of the University Centre for Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, delivering her presentation of the Customary IHL Study in Beijing on12 October 2007

Philippines: Our humanitarian impact from January to June 2024

… As we mark the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions this year, we will continue to … As we mark the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions this year, we will continue …

Law and policy topic
Post-distribution monitoring at Lydia Village

ICRC in 2024: Upholding humanity in conflict

… milestone: the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, a cornerstone of IHL that has … humanity in the face of war since 1949. The Geneva Conventions remain as vital today as …

Article
Kids at the shelter playing with an ICRC worker

ICRC Moscow Delegation: in brief

… to 1867 when Russia acceded to the original Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the … in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …

Publication

Eritrea: Facts and Figures 2013

… law research and to publish the translated Geneva Conventions of 1949. Thanks to the cooperation … in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red …

Article

Israel and the occupied territories: President of the ICRC arrives in Gaza, calls for the protection of civilians

… 04-12-2023 Geneva (ICRC) - Mirjana Spoljaric, the … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

News release

Innovation CICR

… environments. And the results show: the Geneva Conventions are as pioneering and necessary …

Publication

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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.