The history of the emblems
… During the war between Russia and Turkey, the Ottoman Empire declared that it …
… During the war between Russia and Turkey, the Ottoman Empire declared that it …
… Protocol I, such as the United States, Turkey and India, confirmed the customary law … Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia and Turkey. 61 in conformity with our list of …
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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.