Geneva Conventions Materials

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International Committee of the Red Cross Publications

International Review of the Red Cross (1961-1998)

The Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949

Final Record of the Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1949

Conference of Government Experts, 1971

Commentary on the Additional Protocols of 8 June 1977 (PDF)

Constraints on the Waging of War, An Introduction to International Humanitarian Law, 2001 (PDF) Restricciones en la conducción de la guerra, Introducción al derecho internacional humanitario, 2005 (PDF), [Spanish translation of Constraints on the Waging of War . . . ]

How Does Law Protect in War? - Volume I, 2006 (PDF) How Does Law Protect in War? - Volume II, 2006 (PDF)

U.S. Government Documents

Message from the President of the United States, 1951 (PDF) (Transmitting Copies of the Geneva Conventions for the Protection of War Vicitms; U.S. Congress 82-1, Senate Executives D, E, F, and G)

Senate Executive Report No. 9, 1955 (PDF) (U.S. Congress 84-1, Report . . . on Executives D, E, F, and G )

Message from the President of the United States, 1987 (PDF) (Transmitting the Protocol II Additional to the Geneva Conventions . . .Relating to the Protection of Victims of Noninternational Armed Conflicts; Treaty Doc.: 100-2; submitted to Senate January 29, 1987)