… punished through criminal sanctions. The 1949 Geneva Conventions provide the obligation for States … trial. Protocol I of 1977 additional to the Geneva Conventions extends this obligation to …
… According to their common Article 2, the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 apply to any territory … in the ICRC's Commentary to the Fourth Geneva Convention (1958). An alternative and …
… of states under common Article 1 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions (GCs) to respect and ensure … of states under common Article 1 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions (GCs) to respect and ensure …
… - Status of the Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the … the protection of these populations. The 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional …
… and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field. Geneva, 12 August 1949 Geneva Convention (II) on Wounded, Sick and … August 1949 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to …
… international and non-international. The 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols of 1977 and 2005 are its core treaties. The Geneva Conventions have been accepted by all …
… with International Humanitarian Law, Geneva, 13 July 2012 Concluding remarks … Humanitarian Law Friday, 13 July 2012, Geneva, Switzerland Guidance Document … the Conference on the “60 Years of the Geneva Conventions and the Decades Ahead”, States …
… year also marks the 70th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions of 1949. Universally ratified, the Geneva Conventions represent the bedrock of …
… of the ICRC's updated commentary to the first Geneva Convention which provided a foundation … icrc.org/en/war-and-law/treaties-customary-law/geneva-conventions Further information Fact sheet …
… combatants and protected persons. The 1949 Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I of 1977 … the protection that is their due. The 1949 Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I …
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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.
