Weapons and disarmament
… and expanding bullets (1868 and 1899). The Geneva Protocol (1925) outlawed poisonous … by the Biological and Chemical Weapons Conventions. The 1980 Convention on Certain …
… and expanding bullets (1868 and 1899). The Geneva Protocol (1925) outlawed poisonous … by the Biological and Chemical Weapons Conventions. The 1980 Convention on Certain …
… as provided in Article 5 of the Fourth Geneva Convention). However, a state cannot … and punish violations. IHL is based on the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, …
… century, culminating in treaties such as the Geneva Conventions. Key principles include …
… law is at the core of our mandate under the Geneva Conventions. IHL in action IHL in action: …
… international law. Treaties, such as the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, are written conventions in which states formally establish …
… says Treaty law Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 – Art. 77 Protocol II additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 – Art. 4 Convention …
… says Treaty law Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 – Article 36 Domestic law …
… of IHL through the adoption of the four 1949 Geneva Conventions and the establishment of the …
… general protection is provided by the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional …
… stated explicitly in Common Article 3 to the Geneva Conventions. From a practical point of view, …
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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.