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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 the …

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 and …

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

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

The ICRC Delegation in Moscow: in brief

… to 1867 when Russia acceded to the original Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the …

Article

Protection challenges and needs faced by women and girls in armed conflict and post-conflict settings

… 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 …

Statement

ICRC activities in Jordan: Facts & Figures 2024

… us marking 75 years on the passing of the Geneva Conventions with a focus on key  humanitarian … us marking 75 years on the passing of the Geneva Conventions with a focus on key …

Law and policy topic
Family of missing with her grandson

ICRC Head of Delegation in Syria: Detention Work Remains Our Top Priority

… (IHRL). This prohibition is derived from the Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional Protocols … Guided by its humanitarian mandate under the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC has also …

Law and policy topic
ICRC land cruiser in Homs, Syria, driving past a collapsed building

IHL session in Viet Nam: Experts tackle tough questions on cyber warfare and autonomous weapons

… While 2019 marks 70 years of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, Viet Nam celebrates 62 years of ratifying these Conventions. …

Law and policy topic

First Aid in Armed Conflicts and Other Situations of Violence

… in armed conflicts as laid down in the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols. The …

Publication

The rise of artificial intelligence requires a human-centred approach in conflict zones

… humanitarian law, as set out in the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols. The … been very clear that the rules of war, the Geneva Conventions, apply in cyberspace. We …

Law and policy topic

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Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.