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The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols

The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols are at the core of international humanitarian law, the body of international law that regulates the conduct of armed conflict and seeks to limit its effects. They specifically protect people who are not taking part in the hostilities (civilians, health workers and aid workers) and those who are no longer participating in the hostilities, such as wounded, sick and shipwrecked soldiers and prisoners of war. Read full overview

THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS

• The Geneva Conventions of August 12 1949

• Bringing the Commentaries on the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols to the 21st Century

• Geneva Conventions still going strong at 60

• Sixty years of the Geneva Conventions: learning from the past to better face the future

• Sixty years of the Geneva Conventions and the decades ahead

• The Geneva Conventions of 1949: origins and current significance

• The Geneva Conventions Today

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THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOLS

• Status of the Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions: ICRC statement to the United Nations, 2010
• Protocols I and II additional to the Geneva Conventions
• Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions

TREATY DATABASE : FULL TEXTS, COMMENTARIES AND STATE PARTIES

• First Geneva Convention, 1949
• Second Geneva Convention, 1949
• Third Geneva Convention, 1949
• Fourth Geneva Convention, 1949
• Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977
• Protocol II additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977
• Protocol III additional to the Geneva Conventions, 2005

INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF THE RED CROSSMore articles

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  • The protective scope of Common Article 3: more than meets the eye
  • Sixty years of the Geneva Conventions: learning from the past to better face the future Ceremony to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, Geneva, 12 August 2009.

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DOMESTIC LAW

• Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 1949
• The Protection of the Red Cross / Red Crescent Emblems
• The International Humanitarian Fact-finding Commission
• Geneva Conventions (Consolidation) Act –Model Law
• Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 – Ratification kit
• Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 – Ratification kit

HISTORY

• The Geneva Conventions of 1949: a decisive breakthrough
• The Geneva Conventions of 1949: origins and current significance
• Adoption of the 1977 Additional Protocols
• Development of modern international humanitarian law

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