LEGISLACIÓN humanitaria compuesta principalmente de los cuatro CONVENIOS de Ginebra (1949) y los dos PROTOCOLOS Adicionales (1977), íntimamente relacionados con las responsabilidades del Comité Internacional de la CRUZ ROJA y de la CRUZ ROJA Nacional o la Media Luna Roja. Su principal objetivo es proporcionar PROTECCIÓN y ASISTENCIA a las víctimas de los CONFLICTOS ARMADOS. También se conoce como las "leyes de la guerra" o "ley de Ginebra". (Traducción libre del original: Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
Descriptor en inglés:
International Humanitarian Law
Descriptor en portugués:
Direito Humanitário Internacional
Descriptor en francés:
Droit Humanitaire International
Código(s) jeráquico(s):
SP9.242.569.190.562
Nota de alcance:
Humanitarian legislation comprised mainly of the four Geneva Conventions (1949) and the two Additional Protocols (1977), intimately associated with the responsibilities of the International Committee of the Red Cross and of the National Red Cross or Red Crescent Societies. Its main purpose is to provide protection and assistance to victims of armed conflict. Also referred to as the Law of War, the Law of Geneva. (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
Humanitarian legislation comprised mainly of the four Geneva Conventions (1949) and the two Additional Protocols (1977), intimately associated with the responsibilities of the International Committee of the Red Cross and of the National Red Cross or Red Crescent Societies. Its main purpose is to provide protection and assistance to victims of armed conflict. Also referred to as the Law of War, the Law of Geneva. (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
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International Humanitarian Law
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