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CHINA: First national inter-university moot court competition on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) held in Beijing
06-11-2007 Teams representing eight universities from Mainland China participated in a two-day moot court competition on 3-4 November at Renmin University in Beijing. This first ever national round …
Launch of the Chinese Version of the Customary International Humanitarian Law Study
15-10-2007 The Chinese version of a world-wide study conducted by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) of the practices on states in times of armed conflict was launched in Beijing on …
China: Regional Symposium for the 30th Anniversary of the Adoption of the 1977 Protocols Additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions held in Beijing
21-06-2007 On 18-19 June 2007 a regional meeting entitled "Symposium for the 30th Anniversary of the Adoption of the 1977 Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August, 1949: …
Israel/Occupied and Autonomous Palestinian Territories: West Bank Barrier causes serious humanitarian and legal problems
18-02-2004 Geneva (ICRC) - The ICRC is increasingly concerned about the humanitarian impact of the West Bank Barrier on many Palestinians living in occupied territory. Where it deviates from the …
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