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China: The 7th Advanced International Humanitarian Law Summer Session opens in Beijing

… of the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Convention, the 7th Advanced … around the 1977 protocols additional to Geneva Conventions, with lectures on topics including …

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Policy paper: Missing migrants

… This stems from its mandate under the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional … those related to data protection. 3 The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their …

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Roundtable on ensuring respect of international humanitarian law in peace support missions in Africa

… as enshrined in Common Article 1 to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, the AU Constitutive Act …

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The 1977 Additional Protocols to Geneva Conventions: A historical perspective

… of the 1977 Additional Protocols to the 1949 Geneva Conventions. The two Additional Protocols, … They not only supplemented the four 1949 Geneva Conventions, but also developed new …

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Martens Readings 2017 2/2: protection of cultural heritage during armed conflict

… in the 1977 Additional Protocols to the 1949 Geneva Conventions. Regarding the effectiveness of …

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Papua New Guinea: Officials increase awareness of laws of war

… of the IHL, the foundations of which are the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and its two additional …

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Fourth Meeting of Representatives of National Committees on International Humanitarian Law of Commonwealth States

… and the rule of law are embodied in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 to which all Commonwealth … ensure respect for IHL, as contained in the Geneva Conventions of 1949, recalling the …

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China: Conference Marks the 40th Anniversary of 1977 Additional Protocols to Geneva Conventions

… of the 1977 Protocols Additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions, 19-20 May 2017 in Beijing. The … of Protocols I and II additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions. Their adoption in 1977 was …

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Venezuela: Protests, armed conflict and international humanitarian law

… IHL does not apply it means that the four Geneva Conventions and their three Additional … are wounded, sick, captured, etc). Can the Geneva Conventions be "activated"? No, they …

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150 years of humanitarian action

… 1864: Geneva Convention Moved by his experiences at … towards setting up the ICRC. The original Geneva Convetion enshrines the obligation to …

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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.

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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.

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Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.