International Humanitarian Law
… the key principles and articles of the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols. …
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War in Yemen: Don’t look away from the world’s largest humanitarian crisis
… conferred on us by States in the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional … this mandate on the ICRC in the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional …
ICRC president in Qatar to urge progress to alleviate humanitarian crisis
… 20-11-2023 Geneva (ICRC) – The president of the … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Weapons: ICRC sounds alarm on arms trade
… 24-08-2015 Geneva/Cancun, Mexico - The International … please contact: Francis Markus, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 23 28 or +41 79 244 64 …
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 …
ICRC president: "People caught in armed conflict need actions, not words."
… some of these most devastating trends? The Geneva Conventions represent the strongest universal … affected by armed conflicts Through the Geneva Conventions, states have given the ICRC …
ICRC internal displacement strategy for 2016–2019
… military reasons so demand. See: Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, Article 49(1); … into Practice: A Stocktaking Exercise, ICRC, Geneva, October 2016. 7 2009 Council of … Conflict: Facing up to the Challenges, ICRC, Geneva, 2009: …
Digitalizing the Red Cross, Red Crescent and Red Crystal Emblems
… Risks, and Possible Solutions, ICRC, Geneva, 2022. CONTENTS … such as: • a new Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions, to recognize and regulate a …
Haiti: ICRC to expand humanitarian efforts in response to rising violence
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around … , +1 202 361 1566 Fatima Sator, ICRC Geneva, fsator@icrc.org , +41 79 848 49 08 …
Belgium: Concours Jean Pictet makes the next generation of IHL professionals shine.
… ICRC executive and "main architect" of the Geneva Conventions. Take the law out of the books. … contexts, negotiators of major international conventions, military personnel, legal …
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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.