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Classification of the armed conflicts in Colombia

… carrying out its functions under the Geneva Conventions, their Additional Protocols and the …

Law and policy topic
Dos personas están teniendo una conversación. Una persona hace parte del CICR y otra hace parte de algún grupo armado. A la persona del grupo armado no se le ve el rostro. Están en un ambiente rural.

The Republic of Moldova and the ICRC sign Headquarters Agreement

… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross and …

Article

China: Law schools vie for top spot in humanitarian law competition

… the means and methods of warfare. The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional …

News release

War in Yemen: Don’t look away from the world’s largest humanitarian crisis

… conferred on us by States in the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional … this mandate on the ICRC in the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional …

Protection of cultural property - Questions & answers

… as the 1977 Additional Protocols to the 1949 Geneva Conventions. An archaeological building …

Law and policy topic

Myanmar: Rebuilding lives shattered by earthquake and armed conflict

… 27-06-2025 Geneva/Yangon (ICRC) – Three months after a … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the …

News release
Two ICRC staff assisting people in Myanmar

ICRC Archives

… of the Red Cross 19 avenue de la Paix  1202 Geneva,  Switzerland Visit our archives … of the ICRC and enshrined in the  Geneva Conventions . The personal records in …

Topic
 Geneva, ICRC headquarters. Current archives. Thierry Gassmann/ICRC

ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric: "I truly believe in the preventive character of international humanitarian law"

… 52nd Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. ICRC President stressed that the … priority again for all parties to the Geneva Conventions. Because I truly believe in …

Statement

What we do for detainees

… In international armed conflicts , the Geneva Conventions recognize the right of the ICRC to … conflicts , Article 3 common to the four Geneva Conventions authorizes us to offer our …

Law and policy topic

ICRC Activities in Syria: Facts & Figures (January - June 2024)

… specific mandate and mission, set out in the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC is also committed to …

Law and policy topic
ICRC and SARC staff in rural Damascus.

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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.