Preserving humanity in warfare. The role of archival resources in advancing international humanitarian law 18 July 2023, Archives / Article / CrosswiseCédric Cotter, Researcher Post amended since first publication Introduction International humanitarian law (IHL), also known as the law of war, is a set of rules that ...
Diplomatic Conferences for the adoption of the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols 4 November 2021, Library / Research Guide Click here to display the timeline in full screen. Treaties are traditionally negotiated or revised within diplomatic conferences of plenipotentiaries specifically convened for that ...
Drafting history of the 2005 Additional Protocol 8 February 2021, Library / Research Guide The Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 was adopted on 8 December 2005. The adoption of the red crystal as ...
Drafting history of the 1977 Additional Protocols 16 October 2019, Library / Research Guide The first two Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 were adopted on 8 June 1977. Numerous expert meetings were organized in ...
The relevance of preparatory work and archival materials in updating the ICRC Commentaries 5 June 2017, Archives / Crosswise / Interview / Library In 2011, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) embarked on a major project aimed at updating its original Commentaries on the ...
