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Teaching IHL through digital resources: a syllabus for interactive remote teaching

… Archives The sixth and seventh pages of the Geneva Convention of 22 August 1864. 1. … - Historical development of IHL o Law of Geneva vs Law of The Hague - Sources of … nationality (but Article 44 of the Fourth Geneva Convention) if the third country is an …

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Ecuador: Regional Meeting of National Committees on IHL and Other Similar Entities of the Americas

… including the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions. Finally, the participating … parties to the four universally recognized Geneva Conventions of 1949 and to the states …

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Cyber Warfare: does International Humanitarian Law apply?

… to First Additional Protocol to the 1949 Geneva Conventions – that international humanitarian …

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ICRC and Jordan: Fighting back against a pandemic

… their understanding of the provisions of the Geneva Conventions protecting journalists on …

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Joining forces to secure water and sanitation in protracted crises: a new report

… on the territory of a State [party to the Geneva Conventions]. The armed confrontation must … Humanitarian Law?” ICRC Opinion Paper. Geneva: ICRC. …

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"International humanitarian law should not be construed, or interpreted, as legitimizing the resort to conflict."

… of the First Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions, in which States expressed their …

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

… Khyber 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 …

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ICRC launches largest-ever budget appeal to address growing humanitarian needs in conflict zones

… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross … by contributions from States party to the Geneva Conventions, supranational …

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14th UN Crime Congress: ICRC calls for greater focus on health, dignity of detainees

… management. The ICRC colleagues in both Geneva and Tokyo participated in several … are treated humanely as mandated by the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC visited 1,274 …

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The Potential Human Cost of the Use of Weapons in Outer Space and the Protection Afforded by International Humanitarian Law

… in the 1977 Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, as well as in customary … of Contemporary Armed Conflicts, ICRC, Geneva, 2019, p. 27. 9 UN General Assembly, UN …

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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.