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… States to fulfil their obligations under the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the Additional … 2005 as well as other IHL instruments. The Geneva Conventions do not require the creation …
… States to fulfil their obligations under the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the Additional … 2005 as well as other IHL instruments. The Geneva Conventions do not require the creation …
… features 8–9 April 2013 Background document Geneva, March 2013 THE PURPOSE OF THIS … which will take place on 17/18 June 2013 in Geneva. The 8/9 April 2013 discussions will … Periodic Review (UPR); UN Human Rights Conventions2; Monitoring and Reporting …
… on each person, in compliance with the Third Geneva Convention, and provided copies to the … to the Argentine government. Under the 1949 Geneva Conventions, all parties to a conflict – in …
… received since 2005 (United Nations Office at Geneva) 1 1 …
… (in 1899). In 1925, governments adopted the Geneva Protocol, which outlaws the use of … Hague Regulations (1907) Chemical weapons Geneva Protocol (1925) Convention on the … of chemical weapons (1993) Biological weapons Geneva Protocol (1925) Convention on the …
… law. In addition, there are a number of conventions that regulate or prohibit the use … 36 of the 1977 Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 requires each State … Cross and Red Crescent, States party to the Geneva Conventions declared that "in light of …
… Participation of Children in Armed Conflicts, Geneva, 7-9 December 2009). 370 annex XVI The … International humanitarian law: Treaty law • Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of … ratified5 • Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to …
… of the international community was the Fourth Geneva Convention adopted in 1949. Before 1949 the Geneva Conventions protected wounded, sick, …
… danger. The 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions were the first international … shelter and clothing are recognized by the Geneva Conventions and the 1977 Protocols. …
… people and objects during armed conflict. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols … well as civilians and civilian objects. The Geneva Conventions have their origin in the …
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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.