Ukraine: Addressing misinformation about ICRC’s activities
… 26-03-2022 Geneva (ICRC) - Over the past days, false … of war and other persons protected by the Geneva Conventions, wherever they may be. Our sole …
… 26-03-2022 Geneva (ICRC) - Over the past days, false … of war and other persons protected by the Geneva Conventions, wherever they may be. Our sole …
… 29-03-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – As the international armed … parties to fulfil their obligations under the Geneva Conventions without further delay. The parties …
… parties to armed conflicts. For example, the Geneva Conventions and our Movement Statutes – which …
… a consulting company, Sofies SA, based in Geneva, is managing the project aiming at … Cross The work of the ICRC is based on the Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional …
… are to be found mainly in the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention (GC IV) and the 1977 … into Practice: A Stocktaking Exercise, Geneva, 2016, at … The High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Additional Protocol I …
… In line with its mandate under the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC also engages in … In line with its mandate under the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC also engages in …
… families of their fate and whereabouts. The Geneva Conventions do not prescribe in detail how a …
… to 1867 when Russia acceded to the original Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the … in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
… conferred upon the organization by the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It also provided …
… this mandate on the ICRC in the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional …
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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.