Protected persons: Internally displaced persons
… response. What the law says Treaty law Fourth Geneva Convention, 1949 – art. 44, 45, 49, 70 Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 – Art. 73, 85 Protocol II …
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Direct participation in hostilities
… part in hostilities. However, neither the Geneva Conventions nor their Additional Protocols … expert meetings were held in The Hague and Geneva between 2003 and 2008, bringing …
Gender and IHL
… based on sex, ICRC, Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention, Article 16 Due regard for women, ICRC, Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention, Article 14(2) Customary law … and a POW in a pandemic. What does the Third Geneva Convention mean for me? Equal treatment …
The environment and warfare
… objective. Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions adds a specific prohibition on … techniques, 1976 Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 Customary IHL Rule …
Chemical and biological weapons
… articles What does the law say? Treaty law Geneva Protocol, 1925 Biological Weapons … Convention, 1993 Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 – Article 36 Customary law …
Occupation
… in The Hague Regulations of 1907, the Fourth Geneva Convention and Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions. Under occupation law, the …
Other bodies of law protecting persons affected by violence
… to IHL as well. IHL is based on the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, … weapons. The ICRC has a mandate under the Geneva Conventions, as the guardian of IHL, to …
Domestic law and IHL
… restriction of certain combat tactics. The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional … and practical measures. For example, the Geneva Conventions require states to put an …
Protected persons: Missing persons
… says Treaty law Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 – Art. 32–34 Fourth Geneva Convention, 1949 – Art. 26 …
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 …
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