… Red Cross Red Crescent Conference, held in Geneva in December 2019, which encouraged … launch of its Updated Commentary to 3rd Geneva Convention (covering protection of … guidance on the implementation of the Conventions. The event was attended by …
… also planning to distribute 500 copies of the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols in the …
… and, accordingly, cannot be targeted (Third Geneva Convention of 1949 (GC III), Art. … in hostilities (Article 3 common to the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 (GC I– IV); AP I, Art. …
… their families informed and supported. The Geneva conventions provide that parties to the …
… [2] Art. 48 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to …
… to undermine the founding principle of the Geneva Conventions: that there should be some …
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
… ) - the foundation of which is based on the Geneva Conventions - nevertheless protects them, as …
… that protect victims of war. It is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and works in more than … organization, its mandate stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. For more information, …
… at the United Nations Security Council in Geneva, Switzerland. War equals destruction. … of behavior And lastly, as stated in the Geneva Conventions, respect and ensure respect for …
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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.
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 international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.
