… that according to Common Article 1 of the Geneva Conventions (1949), States have an obligation … of the workshop focused on incorporating the Geneva Conventions into domestic law. The …
… the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, the International Committee of … humanitarian law of which the 1949 Geneva Conventions are a key component. The …
… laws and implementing regulations The 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional Protocol … 48, 49, 128 and 145, which are common to the Geneva Conventions, and of Article 84 of …
… and on their Destruction, 8-12 August 2016, Geneva ... it is the overarching obligation … critical; and the ICRC's Advisory Service, in Geneva and in the field, remains available to … and on their Destruction, 8-12 August 2016, Geneva. 1. INTRODUCTION The naturally …
… 10-10-2023 Geneva (ICRC) – The recent violence in Israel … and ill-treatment are prohibited by the Geneva Conventions. In addition, the Conventions …
… IHL does not apply it means that the four Geneva Conventions and their three Additional … are wounded, sick, captured, etc). Can the Geneva Conventions be "activated"? No, they …
… 02-12-2022 Geneva (ICRC)—As the winter freeze sets in and … contact: Jennifer Sparks (English), ICRC Geneva, +41 79 217 32 00 jsparks@icrc.org … Crystal Wells (English) , ICRC Geneva, +41 79 642 80 56 cwells@icrc.org Jason …
… see: ICRC Commentary on the First Geneva Convention and, in particular, the … see the ICRC Commentary on the First Geneva Convention, 2nd edition, and, in … of international armed conflict, the Geneva Conventions of 1949 do not define the words …
… 19-05-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – A team from the International … given to the ICRC by States under the 1949 Geneva Conventions, the ICRC must have immediate …
… in The Hague Regulations of 1907, the Fourth Geneva Convention and Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions. Under occupation law, 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.
