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ICRC and Parliaments: the fruitful collaboration with the Inter-Parliamentary Union

… in 1889 and with its Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the Inter-Parliamentary … translated into various activities. Held in Geneva from 23 to 27 October 2016, the 135th … on the update of the Commentary to the Geneva Conventions, the Universal Meeting of National …

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Protected persons

… people and objects during armed conflict. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols … cannot be done during an armed conflict. The Geneva Conventions are at the core of this …

Law and policy topic
ICRC prisoner release and transport.

National implementation of IHL: Documentation

… kit - Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 Environment and warfare … International Humanitarian Fact-Finding C… Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols …

Law and policy topic

How is the term "armed conflict" defined in international humanitarian law?

… conflict. The States parties to the 1949 Geneva Conventions have entrusted the ICRC, through … in the meaning of common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and …

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South Sudan: Highlights of our work

… - DECEMBER 2018 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS: WHY THEY CONCERN TO ALL OF US Is … (partly rewritten) 70 years ago in the Geneva Conventions—a series of four …

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Director General of ICRC urges principled humanitarian action as a path to peace amidst global conflicts

… with how they are fought. Mandated by the Geneva Conventions , our mission has always been to …

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National implementation of IHL: Ratification kits

… , model declaration of acceptance 4 - Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 , model instruments …

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Choosing humanity: new video and online game challenge us to confront how numb we have become to abuses to the rules of war

… 07-11-2017 Geneva (ICRC) - The ICRC this week launches a … with a new way of engaging with the Geneva Conventions. The interactive microsite …

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Eighth periodic report on the implementation of international humanitarian law at the level of Arab States 2015 - 2018

… of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 60 01 F +41 … the international humanitarian law-related conventions signed/ratified/acceded to by Arab … celebrating the 70th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, and the 20th …

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International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law: Similarities and Differences

… in international armed conflict are the four Geneva IHL is a set of international rules, … methods and means of warfare of their choice. Conventions of 1949 and their Additional … armed conflict are article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol II …

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ICRC library

Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.

IHL treaties

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 IHL

Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.