60th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions

The Geneva Conventions - the "bedrock of international humanitarian law" - turned 60 August 12th.

For more information on the role these international instruments have played in protecting victims of armed conflict, visit:

- The Geneva Conventions are 60 years old: time to know them better - take our test! (TRIAL)

- The Geneva Conventions at Sixty (Crimes of War Project)

- Live Seminar: Geneva Conventions at 60 (International Humanitarian Law Research Initiative)

- Sixty years of the Geneva Conventions: learning from the past to better face the future (ICRC)

General resources:

- Brief Primer on IHL (International Humanitarian Law Research Initiative)

- The Geneva Conventions: the core of international humanitarian law (ICRC)

- Reference Guide to the Geneva Conventions (Society of Professional Journalists)

- Rule of Law in Armed Conflicts Project (Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights)

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