This is a guide to historical and contemporary legal research related to war crimes. It was created by Trinie Thai-Parker and is updated by Terri Saint-Amour. It is currently under construction updates.
by Jean S. Pictet ; with the co-operation of M.W. Mouton ... [et
al.] ; translated into English from the original French by A.P. de
Heney. Geneva : International Committee of the Red Cross, 1960.
by Jean de Preux ; with contributions by Frédéric Siordet ... [et
al.] ; translated into English from the original French by A.P. de
Heney. Geneva : International Committee of the Red Cross, 1960.
by Oscar M. Uhler, Henri Coursier ... [et al.]; translated into
English from the original French by Ronald Griffin and C.W.
Dumbleton. Persons in Time of War Geneva : International Committee
of the Red Cross, 1958.
Edited by Claude Pilloud, Yves Sandoz, Christophe Swinarski &
Bruno Zimmermann. Geneva : International Committee of the Red Cross
: M. Nijhoff Publishers: 1987.
Includes over 100 treaties on topics such as criminal repression,
methods and means of warfare, and victims of armed conflicts.
Provides the full-text of all four Geneva Conventions and their two
Additional Protocols of 1977 along with commentaries. Also includes
information concerning the current situation regarding signatures,
ratifications, accessions and successions as well as the full texts
of reservations, declarations and objections made by the States
with respect to international humanitarian law treaties. Articles
and commentaries searchable by keywords. Treaties can be browsed by
country, topic or date. Maintained by the ICRC.
This page provides you with links to the complete full-text
versions of all four Geneva Conventions and their Additional
Protocols as well as the related Commentaries. Maintained by the
ICRC.
Organized as an A-Z guide, this site provides explanations of the
laws governing armed conflict and their application in practice.
Sections include discussions of the crimes prohibited by
international humanitarian law, key terms relating to modern
warfare, analysis of legal categories, and case studies showing the
place of war crimes in recent conflicts.
Online guide that aims to make the terms of the Geneva Conventions
more comprehensible to professional journalists. Includes an
Alphabetical Index that "covers the most common issues that arise
with regard to the treatment of the wounded, prisoners of war, and
civilians in international conflicts or some civil wars" and cites
to the relevant sections of the Conventions. Produced by the
Society of Professional Journalist. Each entry includes the
specific convention that addresses that topic, and where in the
convention it is addressed.