Geneva Conventions

ICRC

Published in : 1949

Available in : English

The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols are international treaties that contain the most important rules limiting the barbarity of war. They protect people who do not take part in the fighting (civilians, medics, aid workers) and those who can no longer fight (wounded, sick and shipwrecked troops, prisoners of war).

Documents :
Geneva Convention 1949 (PDF, 2.24Mb)
Additional Protocol I (PDF, 119.34Kb)
Additional Protocol II (PDF, 80.15Kb)
Additional Protocol III (PDF, 35.86Kb)

Originally posted at : ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross

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Themes : Emergency, general, Nutrition and human rights, general, Vulnerable groups, general, Civil and political rights, Economic, social, and cultural rights, Health Interventions , HTP module 02, Humanitarian Standards, Refugees / IDPs, Refugees / IDPs, Right to care, Right to food, Right to health, Right to water, Rights of the child

Resource types : Advocacy briefs, Flagship publications, Guidelines, Normative guidance: Norms, standards, policies