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Country
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Date
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Venue
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Event
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Bangladesh
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9 August
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Dhaka
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Media humanitarian story contest.
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Bangladesh
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9 October
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Dhaka
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IHL event: Is there still a place for the Geneva Conventions in 21st-century conflicts?
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Belgium
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17 September
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Brussels, EU, Solvay Library
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Panel on new forms of conflict.
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Belarus
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16 September
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Minsk
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Conference: The 60th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions: Affirmation of adherence to the fundamental principles of IHL and their development.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina
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1 October
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Sarajevo, national Opera
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Classical concert.
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Brazil
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12 August
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Brasilia
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Photo exhibition.
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Burundi
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12 August or September
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Residence of the ICRC’s Head of Delegation
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Reception/promotion of customary law.
Conference.
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Cambodia
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August
|
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Contest for police and armed forces on the Red Cross/Red Crescent emblems and IHL..
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Cameroon
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20 August
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Yaoundé
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Press conference.
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China
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12 August
|
Beijing
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One-day seminar on IHL.
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Colombia
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18 - 20 August
|
Bogotá, Feria del Libro
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Conference.
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Côte d'Ivoire
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12 August
|
Field
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Finals of singing competition.
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Czech Republic
|
11-12 August
|
Mikulov
|
Conference on the anniversary of the Geneva Conventions.
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Czech Republic
|
13 November
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Prague
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Seminar on the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions.
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Denmark
|
June-August
|
28 cities all over Denmark
|
Hope campaign in a Danish Red Cross caravan.
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Denmark
|
21 October
|
Copenhagen
|
Danish Red Cross seminar involving the Danish ministries of foreign affairs and defence, on a forthcoming military manual.
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Ethiopia
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12 August
|
Addis Abeba
|
Presentation on Relevance of the Geneva Conventions in Contemporary Armed Conflicts and question-and-answer session for the media.
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France
|
22-25 June
|
Strasbourg
|
Two presentations by the ICRC at the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe, followed by debates with 47 MEPs.
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|
France
|
29 August to 13 September
|
Perpignan
|
Humanity in War exhibition at Visa pour l'image.
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France
|
7 September
|
Aix en Provence, University Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille
|
Event in partnership with NOHA (Network on Humanitarian Assistance).
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Guatemala
|
12 August
|
Guatemala City
|
Commemoration ceremony under the auspices of the Guatemalan foreign ministry.
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Guatemala
|
18 November
|
Guatemala City
|
Commemoration forum under the auspices of the Guatemalan foreign ministry.
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India
|
9 August
|
Jammu
|
RC Mela: Quiz on the Geneva Conventions and the Movement.
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India
|
9 August
|
New Delhi
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IHL event: Is there still a place for the Geneva Conventions in 21st-century conflicts?
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|
India
|
9 August
|
New Delhi
|
Moot court competition: The challenges of the applicability of the Geneva Conventions.
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India
|
9 August
|
New Delhi
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Humanitarian story contest for media.
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|
India
|
9 August
|
New Delhi, Jammu, Dhaka, Srinagar
|
Photo exhibition.
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|
India
|
9 August
|
India
|
Media contest: women who are making a difference in times of violence.
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|
India
|
9 August
|
India
|
Video clip on the ICRC in South Asia.
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Iran
|
5 August
|
Teheran
|
Conference.
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Iraq
|
12 August
|
Baghdad
|
Newsletter and press release on the anniversary.
|
|
Ireland
|
3 November
|
Dublin, National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace
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Irish Red Cross Seminar on The Relevance of the Geneva Conventions in Contemporary Warfare.
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Israel
|
16 December
|
Jerusalem
|
Conference to mark the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions and the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Solferino.
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Lebanon
|
15 October
|
Beirut
|
Television debate on the Geneva Conventions.
Broadcast of the film International humanitarian law: a universal code.
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Liberia
|
12 August
|
Monrovia
|
Radio play about the ICRC and the Geneva conventions.
Field interviews.
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Mexico
|
July
|
University of Mexico
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Forum on the development of humanitarian action from Solferino to “other situations of violence”.
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Mexico
|
November
|
Mexico
|
Round Table at the Matias Romero Institute.
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Namibia
|
12 August
|
Windhoek
|
Photo exhibition launch and presentation.
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Nepal
|
12 August
|
Kathmandu, School of Law
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Photo exhibition launch. Kathmandu School of Law will launch activities including a policy paper on the implementation of the Geneva Conventions in Nepal and the ratification of the Additional Protocols, which it intends to submit to the government.
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Nigeria
|
18 September
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Abuja
|
Humanity Concert.
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Pakistan
|
12 August
|
Islamabad
|
Ceremony in the ICRC delegation, ICRC interview on Dawn NewsTV.
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Philippines
|
12 August
|
Manila
|
Public forum to mark the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions.
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Peru
|
August
|
Lima
|
Discussion on the application of the Geneva conventions, organized by the IHL Implementation Programme.
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Russia
|
April
|
Moscow
|
Moot court competition at the Faculty of Law.
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Russia
|
June 24-25
|
St Petersburg
|
International conference: Martens readings at the law department of St Petersburg State University.
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Rwanda
|
September
|
Kigali and Butare
|
Conference on customary law.
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Senegal
|
12 August
|
TBC
|
Event organized as part of Senegalese Red Cross national reforestation camp.
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Serbia
|
August
|
Belgrade
|
EHL youth camp with production of a short film.
Reprint of the translation of the Geneva Conventions.
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Switzerland
|
12 August
|
Geneva, ICRC HQ
|
Diplomatic gathering with speech by ICRC president.
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Switzerland
|
9-10 November
|
Geneva, CICG (Centre International de Conférences de Genève)
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Conference: New threats, new actors, new means and methods of warfare.
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Switzerland
|
21 October
|
Geneva
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IPU (International Parliamentary Union) event including panel discussion on IHL.
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UK
|
9 July
|
London, Foreign Office
|
Foreign & Commonwelth Office and British Red Cross Conference.
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United Kingdom
|
17 July
|
Chatham House, London
|
Conference: The 1949 Geneva Conventions: Sixty Years Young.
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USA
|
12 August
|
Washington, Newseum
|
Conference organized with the American Red Cross.
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Zimbabwe
|
12 August
|
Harare
|
Awareness-raising programme: The continuing relevance of the 1949 Geneva Conventions.
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