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Customary international humanitarian law: Questions and answers

… international law. Treaties, such as the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, are written conventions … add to existing treaty law? While the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 have been ratified …

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O, Humanitarian coordination bodies, 1921- ongoing, 127 metres of shelf space

… rédigée par Fabrizio Bensi. Règles ou conventions Inventaire conforme à la norme … on the grounds of the Parc Mon-Repos (Geneva), made available to the Institute through the City of Geneva and renovated through a grant made in …

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Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 – Ratification kit

… Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 Model instrument of … TO THE THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS ADOPTED ON 8 DECEMBER 2005 …

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The history of the emblems

… dead or wounded, on the battlefield.  Back in Geneva, Henry Dunant started writing a book … and the second was the origin of the Geneva Conventions now signed by 192 States.   …

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China: Regional Symposium for the 30th Anniversary of the Adoption of the 1977 Protocols Additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions held in Beijing

… of the 1977 Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August, 1949: "Principles … June 1977 of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of August 1949 ("the …

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Launch of the Chinese Version of the Customary International Humanitarian Law Study

… 2007 Commissioned by the States party to the Geneva Conventions and National Societies during the … Law and Human Rights at the University of Geneva provided an overview of the creation …

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Professor Louise Doswald-Beck, Director of the University Centre for Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, delivering her presentation of the Customary IHL Study in Beijing on12 October 2007

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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Guidelines for assessing the compatibility between national law and obligations under treaties of international humanitarian law

… of the Red Cross 19 Avenue de la Paix, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 6001 F+41 22 … measures required to implement the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional …

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Analysis of the punishments applicable to international crimes (war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide) in domestic law and practice

… of the IHL rules are set out in the four 1949 Geneva Conventions and the 1977 Additional Protocols. … IHL. These are specific acts, listed in the Geneva Conventions and Protocol I, and include …

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National legislation on the use and protection of the emblem - Model law

… 1 Scope of protection Having regard to: • the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, their … in conformity with the requirements of the Geneva Conventions, their two Additional …

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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.