Speech by ICRC president to African Union Peace and Security Council
… convened last May on Common Article 1 of the Geneva Conventions stipulating "The Obligation to …
… convened last May on Common Article 1 of the Geneva Conventions stipulating "The Obligation to …
… 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 …
… Red Cross (ICRC), as bestowed upon it by the Geneva Conventions. This complex, over a hundred … law (IHL) provisions contained in the 1949 Geneva Conventions and 1977 Additional …
… their obligation per common article 1 of the Geneva Conventions. One means to do so is to provide …
… the development of humanitarian action, the Geneva Conventions and the Red Cross and Red Crescent … met for the first time in February 1863 in Geneva, Switzerland. Among its five members …
… cannot be done during an armed conflict. The Geneva Conventions are at the core of this law. They …
… 31-10-2016 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of … the terrifying human cost of ignoring the Geneva Conventions and aims to raise awareness of …
… of biological weapons – embodied in the 1925 Geneva Protocol and the Biological and Toxin … on States still holding reservations to the Geneva Protocol to withdraw them. Fifth, …
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
… times of war have been codified in IHL. The Geneva Conventions—the main instruments of IHL—are …
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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.