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Humanizing the laws of war – the Red Cross and the development of International Humanitarian Law

… Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva. The event will be video recorded and … Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN in Geneva Introductory remarks and moderation … to update the Commentaries on the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional …

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Prevention and Criminal Repression of Rape and Other Forms of Sexual Violence During Armed Conflicts

… no international treaty, including the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional … of such acts can be found in the four Geneva Conventions (GC I, II, III and IV) of …

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Ukraine: Civilians leave Azovstal in safe passage operation

… 03-05-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – Several dozen civilians left … organization, its mandate stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. it is based in Geneva, …

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Azerbaijan/Armenia: Humanitarian consensus allows ICRC to deliver humanitarian relief

… 18-09-2023 Geneva (ICRC) — As a result of persistent … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

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Detention: States discuss legal safeguards for detainees in non-international conflicts

… 27-04-2015 Geneva (ICRC) – With more and more of the … from more than 100 governments are meeting in Geneva from April 27-29 to try to discuss … than 175 treaty articles in the four Geneva conventions regulating almost all aspects of …

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ICRC turns 160 as work to protect civilians from horrors of conflict continues

… 16-02-2023 Geneva (ICRC) –The International Committee of … a reality when a group of citizens from Geneva founded the International Committee for … in their care, giving birth to the Geneva Conventions. For more information, please …

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Nuclear weapons: An appeal for humanity

… with international humanitarian law . The Geneva Conventions were adopted 70 years ago to …

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South Asian judiciaries work towards enhancement of IHL capacity across region

… to mark the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions. Justice Asoka de Silva, retired … international humanitarian laws such as the Geneva Conventions. Judicial activism has …

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Mine Awareness Day: Deaths of 9 Afghan children underscore the ongoing danger from unexploded ordnance

Geneva (ICRC) – On the occasion of the … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

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Malaysia: 16th national IHL moot court competition 2019

… c) ICRC Commentaries to the Geneva Conventions and its Additional Protocols: … State Party Republic of Temeria Treaty Geneva Convention (I) on Wounded and Sick in …

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ICRC library

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.