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The ICRC appeals for 2.1 billion Swiss francs for its operations in 2024

… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross … information bureaus in line with the 1949 Geneva Conventions. 12 | APPEALS 2024: …

Article

Fifth Universal Meeting of National Committees and Similar Entities on International Humanitarian Law

… of a national IHL committee? AQ: Under the Geneva Conventions of 1949, states have the primary … and Similar Entities on IHL here in Geneva. In addition, we are currently mid-way …

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Global security in a polycentric world

… armed conflict, as articulated in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional …

Statement

Dialogue with weapon bearers

… stated explicitly in Common Article 3 to the Geneva Conventions. From a practical point of view, …

Law and policy topic
An ICRC staff member in dialogue with an individual about the principles of international humanitarian law.

ICRC appeal to fund its operations in 2021

… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross … by contributions from states party to the Geneva Conventions, supranational set for the …

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Ethiopia: Facts and figures January to June 2015

… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …

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Education programmes for young people

… pacifying effect. States party to the Geneva Conventions are required, both in peacetime …

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Ayacucho. Workshop for the Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL) programme.

ICRC Pakistan: Snapshot 2021

… LAUNCH OF THE DLP FORUM MARKS 72 YEARS OF THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS Marking the 72nd anniversary of the Geneva Conventions on 12 August, the …

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Missing and Deceased Migrants and their Families

… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …

Publication

Overview of ICRC activities in Tajikistan

… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …

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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.

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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.

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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.