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… can overcome widespread violations of the Geneva Conventions. States have the power and duty to …
… can overcome widespread violations of the Geneva Conventions. States have the power and duty to …
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
… Weapons Systems (LAWS) 11-15 April 2016, Geneva Views of the International Committee of … article 36 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions is important to ensure that a …
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
… 4 April 2017 at the Graduate Institute, Geneva. We know that many of the world's … the constant threat of bombs or gunfire. The Geneva Conventions and International Humanitarian Law …
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… conferred upon the organization by the Geneva Conventions. The organization also provided …
… humanitarian intermediary, laid down in the Geneva Conventions, is now more widely recognized and …
… the 1977 Additional Protocols I and II to the Geneva Conventions. To celebrate that, a key note …
… named after the principal artisan of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, has been open to students since …
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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.