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South Africa: Annual regional seminar on international humanitarian law

… of the 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions. In plenary meetings, the …

Statement

Mali: Arabic IHL library given to Université privée du Sahel

… law. The French publications also provide the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their additional …

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Strengthening international humanitarian law in Liberia

… on the integration and domestication of the Geneva Conventions, their Additional Protocols, and … on the integration and domestication of the Geneva Conventions, their Additional Protocols …

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ICRC Statement to the Seventh Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions

… to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, Geneva, Switzerland. Address by Dr Helen … must not be cause for complacency. Here in Geneva, the grievous harm caused by cluster …

Statement

Advanced International Humanitarian Law Summer Session for Lecturers

… of the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Convention, the 7th Advanced …

Video

China: The 7th Advanced International Humanitarian Law Summer Session opens in Beijing

… of the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Convention, the 7th Advanced … around the 1977 protocols additional to Geneva Conventions, with lectures on topics including …

News release

Policy paper: Missing migrants

… This stems from its mandate under the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional … those related to data protection. 3 The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their …

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Roundtable on ensuring respect of international humanitarian law in peace support missions in Africa

… as enshrined in Common Article 1 to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, the AU Constitutive Act …

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The 1977 Additional Protocols to Geneva Conventions: A historical perspective

… of the 1977 Additional Protocols to the 1949 Geneva Conventions. The two Additional Protocols, … They not only supplemented the four 1949 Geneva Conventions, but also developed new …

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Martens Readings 2017 2/2: protection of cultural heritage during armed conflict

… in the 1977 Additional Protocols to the 1949 Geneva Conventions. Regarding the effectiveness of …

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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.