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… 2019 marks the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions of 1949. The Conventions embody a basic principle: war must …
… 2019 marks the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions of 1949. The Conventions embody a basic principle: war must …
… organizations by the State parties to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their 1977 Additional …
… year, we mark the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions and the 30th anniversary of the …
… 70th anniversary of the adoption of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, which each include "grave … and, if appropriate, repressed. The 1949 Geneva Conventions provide for the obligation …
… and Africa, the 70th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions has been a forceful reminder that … decisions. The 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions also reminds us that IHL …
… This year marks 70 years since the four Geneva Conventions were universally adopted by States … to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. Credit: Singapore Red …
… edition. Switzerland ICRC Headquarter, Geneva 17 avenue de la paix, 1202 Geneva …
… year also marks the 70th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions of 1949. Universally ratified, the Geneva Conventions represent the bedrock of …
… the obligations applicable to them under the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the Additional …
… year 2019, marks the 70th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions – the central instrument of … The seminar was held on the theme of the Geneva Conventions joining the international …
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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.
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.