… shape the debate and discussions around the Geneva Conventions which celebrate their 70th … on the 12th of August this year. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional …
… 31-10-2016 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of … the terrifying human cost of ignoring the Geneva Conventions and aims to raise awareness of …
Prof. Dr Lok Raj Baral, social scientist and political analyst, underlined the interrelation between society and law in his inaugural speech at the opening of the Advanced IHL South Asia Academics …
… The application and interpretation of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 have developed … audiences, the Updated Commentary on the Geneva Conventions of August 12 1949. Volume …
… The application and interpretation of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their two Additional … audiences, the Updated Commentary on the Geneva Conventions of August 12 1949. Volume …
… of international humanitarian law. Volume I: "Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the …
… contribution Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions have been drafted with … to the Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions, a presentation on how …
The First Convention is a foundational text of international humanitarian law. It contains the essential rules on the protection of the wounded and sick, those assigned to their care, and the red …
The Second Convention is a key text of international humanitarian law. It contains the essential rules on the protection of the wounded, sick and shipwrecked at sea, those assigned to their care, and …
… 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 …
Try one of the following resources:
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.
