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DRC: The ICRC stands ready to support detainee releases between conflict parties

… 19-07-2025 Geneva (ICRC) — The International Committee of … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the …

News release
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Customary IHL

… law. Treaties, such as the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, are written conventions in which states formally establish …

Topic
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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 …

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Model legislative provisions on the recruitment or use of children in armed conflict - Model law

… 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 the …

Law and policy topic

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

Pakistan: New law to prevent violence against health-care workers, facilities and patients in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

… Pakhtunkhwa Alexander Breitegger ICRC, Geneva Giovanni Trambaiolo ICRC, Geneva The team is also indebted to government … during times of armed con ict. The Geneva Conventions of 1949 speci cally provide special …

Law and policy topic

History of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Volume V: From Saigon to Ho Chi Minh City

… adoption of the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions – and helps the reader to …

Publication

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 …

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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 and …

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Innovation CICR

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

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ICRC library

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.