About the series: The application and interpretation of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their two Additional Protocols of 1977 have developed significantly in the sixty years since the ICRC ...

The 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols have been described by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as "one of humanity's most important accomplishments of the ...

Geneva (ICRC) – On the 75 th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross made a call to make the Geneva Conventions a ...

With a history stretching over more than a century, the Geneva Conventions, first conceived by the International Committee of the Red Cross, have tried to curb the unnecessary loss, tragedy, and ...

The first Geneva Convention protects the sick and wounded by giving protection to medical facilities and their staff and any civilians helping the wounded. The convention also recognised the Red ...

The Geneva Conventions are four separate treaties negotiated and re-negotiated by international committees between 1864 and 1977 to govern human rights during wartime. Henri Dunant, founder of the ...

GENEVA, Aug 12 (Bernama-dpa) -- The Geneva Conventions, which aim to protect the human rights of civilians caught up in war, were signed 75 years ago, but the Geneva-based International Committee of ...