… to draft, negotiate and adopt the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, which today are core to … norms, uphold them and take action. These Geneva Conventions were designed to protect …
… anniversary of the Second Hague Conference, Geneva. Speech by Christine Beerli, Vice … of the Russian Federation to the UN in Geneva, and Ambassador Borodavkin in … this commemoration of 110 years of the Hague Conventions, and to offer our perspective on …
… Status of the Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the … of Protocols I and II additional to the four Geneva Conventions. Their adoption in 1977 was …
… Universally ratified, the Geneva Conventions represent a unique and global … Marking the 70th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, this event profiled …
… asked Nils Melzer, Human Rights Chair at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian … and the updated Commentary on the First Geneva Convention, also published by the ICRC … a detailed interpretative guide to the First Geneva Convention, mainly intended for legal …
… IHL came into being with the original Geneva Convention of 1864. It has evolved in … in chronological order of adoption: 1864 Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the … projectiles in wartime) 1899 The Hague Conventions respecting the Laws and Customs of …
… 1864 Adoption of the 1st Geneva Convention. Image 1904 The Qing government declared its accession to the Geneva Convention to the International … 1906. Geneva. Review Conference of the Geneva Conventions. 1907 On June 12, China ratified …
… a large number of treaties, in particular the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional … unwritten customs. In that year the First Geneva Convention was adopted. It proved to be …
… The Third Geneva Convention protects prisoners of war. … law: Prisoners of war and detainees The Third Geneva Convention provides a wide range of … Article 3 common to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol II provide …
… whose existence is enshrined in the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC is co-organising with … , Ambassador of the Argentine Republic in Geneva. Mr. Heo Wookgu , Director, Ministry 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.
