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Humanizing the laws of war – the Red Cross and the development of International Humanitarian Law

… discussion at the ICRC's Humanitarium in Geneva on 29 June 2017 to launch Humanizing … Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN in Geneva Introductory remarks and moderation • … to update the Commentaries on the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional …

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Australia: Launch of updated commentary to the Second Geneva Convention

… The Geneva Conventions of 1949 marked one of the greatest … of the 20th century, with the Second Geneva Convention regulating for the first … commentaries to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and the 1977 Additional Protocols. …

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Humanizing the laws of war – the Red Cross and the development of International Humanitarian Law

… Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva. The event will be video recorded and … Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN in Geneva Introductory remarks and moderation … to update the Commentaries on the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional …

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The Additional Protocols at 40: upholding humanity in today's conflicts

… of Protocols I and II additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 (the Additional Protocols) …

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The Interplay between IHL and IHRL

… in agreements between States – treaties or conventions –, in customary rules, which … Charter. IHL main sources are the four Geneva Conventions (1949), their Additional … and 2014. Noam Lubell, University of Essex / Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian …

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Iraq, Syria and Yemen: Five times more civilians die in city offensives, new report finds

… The figures are based on data from the Geneva Declaration Secretariat. 2015. Global … +962 77845 4382 Krista Armstrong , ICRC Geneva, +41 79 217 32 87 Iolanda Jaquemet , … 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …

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Recent developments of the interplay between IHL and IHRL

… agreements between States – treaties or conventions – in customary rules, which … Charter. The main sources of IHL are the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional … conflict. Noam Lubell, University of Essex / Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian …

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The Additional Protocols at 40: upholding humanity in today's conflicts

… of State of the Republic and Canton of Geneva. 19h15 – 20h30: a panel discussion …   REGISTER Background Together with the Geneva Conventions, the APs form the foundations of …

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Humanitarian action and the pursuit of peace: Speech on the anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize

… for the Fondation Gustave Ador, 8 June 2017, Geneva. "It has been claimed that rather than … they met at a very exclusive club in Geneva's old town, Le Cercle de la Terrasse. … Finally, Article 3 common to the four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, which …

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Fifty years of occupation: Where do we go from here?

… foremost the Hague Regulations and the Fourth Geneva Convention, which provides a critical …

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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.