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Seven things you need to know about climate change and conflict

… damage through Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions . Watch explainer on the laws of … damage through Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions . Watch explainer on the …

Report

Panel Discussion on the Occasion of Launching the Updated Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention

… launching the updated Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention. The panel discussion will … Commentaries of the First, Second, and Third Geneva Conventions of 1949. They will share their …

Event

Roll-up: Updated Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention of 1949 – New from the International Committee of the Red Cross (LARGE)

… project: updating the Commentaries on the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional … Commentaries document developments in how the Geneva Conventions and Protocols have been …

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Roll-up: Updated Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention of 1949 – New from the International Committee of the Red Cross (SMALL)

… project: updating the Commentaries on the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional … Commentaries document developments in how the Geneva Conventions and Protocols have been …

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Supporting the future of Syria and the region - Brussels IV Conference, 30 June 2020

… and within the legal framework of the Geneva Conventions. States’ responsibility is to …

Statement

Checklist: Domestic measures to implement the Convention on Cluster Munitions

… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross … of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 60 01 …

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Experts' workshop report on IHL and Islamic Law in contemporary armed conflicts

… law (IHL) and Islamic law that was held in Geneva, at the headquarters of the … law (IHL) and Islamic law that was held in Geneva, at the headquarters of the … States and are regulated by the four Geneva Conventions of 2 See, for example, the …

Report

Humanity in a pandemic world: Young writers’ competition launched with new theme in Malaysia

… on battlefield, which then led to the first Geneva Convention in 1864. Fast forward to …

Article

Catalogue of publications and films in Arabic

… law (IHL) and Islamic law that was held in Geneva, at the headquarters of the … واملطبوعـة‪.‬‬ ‫‪Commentary on the First Geneva Convention‬‬ ‫‪This flyer promotes the … اإلضافيين‬ Basic Rules of the Geneva Conventions and Their Additional Protocols …

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Humanitarian response to COVID-19 in Mozambique

… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …

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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.

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.