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Role of domestic jurisdictions in the implementation of IHL - law and practice

… with the 150th anniversary of the first Geneva Convention (1864) which provides for … with the 150th anniversary of the first Geneva Convention (1864) which provides for … open to all States Parties to the Geneva Conventions with the aim of identifying ways …

Law and policy topic

Malaysia: 19th national IHL moot court competition 2022

… c) ICRC Commentaries to the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols: … Convention Charter of the United Nations 1945 Geneva Convention I on Wounded and Sick in …

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Russia-Ukraine international armed conflict: The Red Cross and Red Crescent response one year on

… the International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, 2023 Any part of this publication may … in the power of belligerent States, the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 activate with full force. …

Report

Statement by ICRC president upon ending 5-day visit to Syria

… is hard. But we are better than this. The Geneva Conventions, 70 years old this year, leave … Beirut, +961 3 138 353 Jenny Tobias, ICRC Geneva, +41 79 447 37 26 Matthew Morris, ICRC …

Statement

COVID-19: Experts discuss need to secure health care systems online

… Health & AI Research, Graduate Institute, Geneva, Kaja Ciglic, senior director, Digital … was based on protections guaranteed under the Geneva Conventions. The rules of international …

Law and policy topic

Egypt Activity Report 2017

… conferred upon the organization by the Geneva Conventions. In 1983, the ICRC formalized its … attended a conference on the International Conventions and Criminal Law in the Egyptian …

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What are jus ad bellum and jus in bello?

… Protocol I of 8 June 1977 additional to the Geneva Conventions (Additional Protocol I), which … "in situations of serious violations of the Conventions or of this Protocol, the High …

Law and policy topic

Contemporary challenges for IHL

… the misuse of conventional weapons. Under the Geneva Conventions and customary international law, …

Law and policy topic

Philippines: Statement on the release of 17 Filipino seafarers onboard Galaxy Leader vessel held in Yemen

… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

News release

Saudi Arabia: 1,200 military personnel trained on international humanitarian law in Taif

… The ICRC is formally entrusted under the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols …

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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.