21-06-2007 On 18-19 June 2007 a regional meeting entitled "Symposium for the 30th Anniversary of the Adoption of the 1977 Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August, 1949: …
Model instrument of ratification / accession ADVISORY SERVICE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW ____________________________________ Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 Model …
The archives of humanitarian coordination bodies set up jointly with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (the former "League"), National Societies or other …
… 01.01.1939 - 31.12.1945 C G2 PO-002.10 BURLET Ernest, né le 22.06.1906, PG n°45746, … 01.01.1939 - 31.12.1945 C G2 PO-002.11 BURLOT, Jean-Marie. Ordre d'appel sous les …
The Committee's archives, which bear an index number starting with the letter A, contain in particular the bound volumes of the minutes of meetings held by the Committee and the other decision-making …
… sur la ... proposition ... Mundy Socin, Furley, Thomson, et de Montegnac (Conférence de …
Based on extensive research, a 5000-page study by the ICRC has identified 161 rules which were found to be customary today. The ICRC was mandated by States to undertake this study in order to …
Adopted in September 2005 Purpose The present guidelines establish the framework for use of the name and image of the ICRC [1][2] by companies that provide the organization with goods and services …
Faced with the growing use of poisonous gases on the battlefield, causing terrible injuries, the ICRC appealed publicly for a ban on their use. Despite the controversy surrounding the issue, the call …
A series of questions and answers by the ICRC's legal team on what defines occupation, the laws that apply, how people are protected, and the ICRC's role. 1. What is occupation? Article 42 of the …
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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.
