Civilians protected under international humanitarian law
… of the international community was the Fourth Geneva Convention adopted in 1949. Before 1949 the Geneva Conventions protected wounded, sick, …
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Children protected under international humanitarian law
… danger. The 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions were the first international … shelter and clothing are recognized by the Geneva Conventions and the 1977 Protocols. …
Guiding Principles for the Domestic Implementation of a Comprehensive System of Protection for Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups
… Participation of Children in Armed Conflicts, Geneva, 7-9 December 2009). 370 annex XVI The … International humanitarian law: Treaty law • Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of … ratified5 • Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to …
Review of new weapons
… law. In addition, there are a number of conventions that regulate or prohibit the use … 36 of the 1977 Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 requires each State … Cross and Red Crescent, States party to the Geneva Conventions declared that "in light of …
Weapons
… (in 1899). In 1925, governments adopted the Geneva Protocol, which outlaws the use of … Hague Regulations (1907) Chemical weapons Geneva Protocol (1925) Convention on the … of chemical weapons (1993) Biological weapons Geneva Protocol (1925) Convention on the …
Development of national legislation to implement the Convention on the prohibition of anti-personnel mines – Information kit
… received since 2005 (United Nations Office at Geneva) 1 1 …
Falklands / Malvinas: The ICRC’s role, 30 years on
… on each person, in compliance with the Third Geneva Convention, and provided copies to the … to the Argentine government. Under the 1949 Geneva Conventions, all parties to a conflict – in …
Strengthening compliance with IHL: Meeting with a group of States, April 2013
… features 8–9 April 2013 Background document Geneva, March 2013 THE PURPOSE OF THIS … which will take place on 17/18 June 2013 in Geneva. The 8/9 April 2013 discussions will … Periodic Review (UPR); UN Human Rights Conventions2; Monitoring and Reporting …
National committees
… States to fulfil their obligations under the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the Additional … 2005 as well as other IHL instruments. The Geneva Conventions do not require the creation …
How does law protect in war?
… each topic, references to articles from the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols and … Humanitarian Law, an Introduction, Geneva, Henry-Dunant Institute, 1993, 92 pp. …
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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.