Contemporary challenges for IHL
… the misuse of conventional weapons. Under the Geneva Conventions and customary international law, …
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Toxic chemicals as weapons for law enforcement
… (and biological) weapons in 1925 (The Geneva Protocol). This was reinforced with … any toxic chemical as a weapon under the 1925 Geneva Protocol, the 1993 Chemical Weapons …
ICRC position on the use of toxic chemicals as weapons for law enforcement
… of toxic chemicals as weapons under the 1925 Geneva Protocol, the Chemical Weapons … as weapons is absolutely prohibited by the Geneva Protocol, the 1972 Biological Weapons …
The ICRC: 150 years of humanitarian action
… The ICRC was founded on 17 February 1863 in Geneva. © ICRC / hist-00113 Danish military ambulance, 1878. The 1864 Geneva Convention established a unique … First World War, 1914-1918: Rath Museum, Geneva, 1949. International Prisoner-of-War …
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 …
Chemical and biological weapons
… the first international agreement – the 1925 Geneva Protocol – banning asphyxiating, … reprisals using similar weapons, but the 1925 Geneva Protocol had nevertheless established a … legal instruments followed in the form of Conventions adopted by States in 1972 and …
Discussion on Strengthening Compliance with International Humanitarian Law, Geneva, 8-9 April 2013
… features 8–9 April 2013 Background document Geneva, March 2013 THE PURPOSE OF THIS … which will take place on 17/18 June 2013 in Geneva. The 8/9 April 2013 discussions will … Periodic Review (UPR); UN Human Rights Conventions2; Monitoring and Reporting …
Strengthening Compliance with IHL – Second Meeting of States on Strengthening Compliance with IHL, June 2013
… Humanitarian Law (IHL) June 17/18, 2013 Geneva Background Document May 2013 Contents … Humanitarian Law June 17/18, 2013 Geneva Background Document 1. Introduction … sensu are provided for in the 1949 Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol 1 thereto …
From our archives: protecting prisoners and detainees
… the International Prisoner of War Agency in Geneva to centralize information management … Although neither country had signed the 1929 Geneva Convention on prisoners of war, they …
Criminal procedure – Factsheet
… law, such as grave breaches of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional … in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red …
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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.