Handbook of the international red cross and red crescent movement

History of the International Red Cross
and Red Crescent Movement and of
international humanitarian law
Movement
IHL
1859
Battle of Solferino – Henry Dunant
1863
International Committee for the relief of military wounded: as from 1876,
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
International Conference convened in Geneva
Establishment of national committees for the relief of military wounded
1864
Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the
Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field
1867
First International Conference of the Red Cross
1899
The Hague Conventions
– Laws and Customs of War on Land 
(Convention No. II)
– Adaptation to Maritime Warfare of the Principles
of the 1864 Geneva Convention 
(Convention No. III)
1906
Revision and development of the 1864 Geneva
Convention
1907
The Hague Conventions
– Laws and Customs of War on Land 
(Convention No. IV)
– Adaptation to Maritime Warfare of the Principles
of the 1906 Geneva Convention 
(Convention No. X)
1919
League of Red Cross Societies:
as from 1983, League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
as from 1991, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
Societies
1925
Geneva Protocol on the Prohibition of the Use in
War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases and
of Bacterio-logical Methods of Warfare

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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) 
1949
Geneva Conventions
– Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field
[revision and development of the 1929 Geneva
Convention] (First Convention)
– Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of
Armed Forces at Sea [revision and development
of the 1907 Hague Convention No. X] (Second
Convention)
– Prisoners of War [revision and development of
the 1929 Geneva Convention] (Third
Convention)
– Civilian persons [supplements the 1899 Hague
Convention No. II and the 1907 Hague
Convention No. IV] (Fourth Convention)
1954
Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property
in the Event of Armed Conflict
– Protocol I (1954)
– Protocol II (1999)

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