Movement IHL

1928 statutes of the International Red Cross (revised in 1952 and in 1986)
1929 Geneva Conventions
- Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field
[revision of the 1906 Geneva Convention] (First Convention)
- Prisoners of War [supplements the 1899 Hague Convention No. II and the 1907
Hague Convention No. IV] (Second Convention)
- Official recognition of the red crescent emblem (first used in 1876)
 Chaplains, a s defined by the present Conventions, nor restrict the rights which it
confers upon them.
Wounded and sick, as well as medical personnel and chaplains, shall continue to
have the benefit of such agreements as long as the Conventions is applicable to
them, except where express provisions to the contrary are contained in the
aforesaid or in subsequent agreements, or where more favorable measures have
been taken with regard to them by one or other of the Parties of the conflict.

Non-renunciation ART. 7. __Wounded and sick, as well as the members of the medical personnel
and chaplains may in no circumstances renounce in part or in entirely the rights
of rights secured to them by the present Convention, and by the special agreements referred
to in the foregoing Article, if such there be.
ART. 8. __ The present Convention shall be applied with the co-operation and
Protecting under the security of the Protecting Powers whose duty it to safeguard the interests
Powers of the Parties to the conflict. For this purpose, the Protecting Powers may appoint,
apart from their diplomatic or consular staff, delegates from amongst their own
nationals or the nationals of other neutral Powers. The said delegates shall be
subject to the approval of the Power with which they are to carry out their duties.
 SECTION III
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW (IHL)
CHAPTER I IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW……1083
CHAPTER II ADDITIONAL PROTOCOLS ………………………………………………...1112
CHAPTER III NATIONAL MEASURES TO IMPLEMENT
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW………………………………..1113
CHAPTER IV DISSEMINATION OF HUMANITARIAN LAW ……………………………1119
CHAPTER V DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW……….1126
SECTION IV
ACTIVITIES DURING ARMED CONFICTS
CHAPTER I PREPARATIONS FOR SITUATIONS OF ARMED CONFLCTS…………..1137
CHAPTER II COOPERATION AMONG NATIONAL SOCIETIES DURING
ARMED CONFLICTS……………………………………………………….1138
CHAPTER III NON-INTERNATIONAL ARNED CONFLICTS…………………………...1139
CHAPTER IV ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTION FOR CONFLICT VICTIMS…………1142
CHAPTER V COMBATING HOSTAGE-TAKING, TORTURE,
FORCED DISAPPEARANCE AND PIRACY……………………………….1201