ICRC statement to UN Security Council opens debate on preventing and combating financing of terrorism
… to demonstrate their commitment to the 1949 Geneva Conventions in their 70th anniversary year. …
Skip to main content
Search results
Senior staff of DPRK Red Cross discuss laws of war at workshop
… also planning to distribute 500 copies of the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols in the …
Understanding violence against health care: A gender perspective
… in November 2011, the States Parties to the Geneva Conventions and the Red Cross Red Crescent … in the same resolution, States party to the Geneva Conventions and the Movement are …
COVID-19: Experts discuss need to secure health care systems online
… Health & AI Research, Graduate Institute, Geneva, Kaja Ciglic, senior director, Digital … was based on protections guaranteed under the Geneva Conventions. The rules of international …
UAE: Senior military officers from around the world meet to discuss laws of war
… The ICRC is formally entrusted under the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols …
Israel and the occupied territories: The ICRC urges protection for Gaza civilians evacuating and staying behind
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Mexico: Promoting an environment of respect for human life and dignity
… of force. When States become parties to the Geneva Conventions, they undertake to disseminate and …
New survey reveals Australian attitudes to torture in conflict
… international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Conventions," Mr Daccord said. There are …
Displacement in times of armed conflict: How international humanitarian law protects in war and why it matters
The main purpose of the study is to draw attention to the key role that IHL plays in addressing displacement and to influence law and policymaking among States and international and multilateral …
ICRC opens a new Operating Theatre in Juba Military Hospital
… which culminated in the development of the Geneva Conventions," says Andrea Heath, deputy head …
Didn’t find what you were looking for?
Try one of the following resources:
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.