Commentaries on the 1949 Geneva Conventions and Protocols

Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field : commentary
by Jean S. Pictet ; with contributions by Frédéric Siordet ... [et al.]. Geneva : International Committee of the Red Cross, 1952.

Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea
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.

Treatment of Prisoners of War
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.

Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
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.

Commentary on the Additional Protocols of 8 June 1977
Edited by Claude Pilloud, Yves Sandoz, Christophe Swinarski & Bruno Zimmermann. Geneva : International Committee of the Red Cross : M. Nijhoff Publishers: 1987.

Primary Documents

International Humanitarian Law Database
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.

Library of Congress - Geneva Convention Materials
Includes PDF copies of International Committee of the Red Cross publications and US government documents related to the Geneva Conventions.

The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols
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.

Secondary Materials

Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know
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.

Geneva Conventions: A Reference Guide
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.