Colombia: Humanitarian situation and ICRC activities
… 2014 8 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 57 58 59 2014: Geneva Conventions, 150 years of humanitarian action … IHL HAS TO SAY Protocol II additional to the Geneva Conventions Article 10. General …
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Strengthening Compliance with IHL – Preparatory Discussion, April 2014
… States 3 and 4 April 2014 BACKGROUND DOCUMENT GENEVA, MARCH 2014 Contents 1. Introduction … 4. Meeting of States Parties to the Geneva Conventions … Meeting of States Parties to the Geneva Conventions (hereafter “Meeting of States”). …
Role of domestic jurisdictions in the implementation of IHL - law and practice
… with the 150th anniversary of the first Geneva Convention (1864) which provides for … with the 150th anniversary of the first Geneva Convention (1864) which provides for … open to all States Parties to the Geneva Conventions with the aim of identifying ways …
Eritrea: Facts and Figures 2013
… law research and to publish the translated Geneva Conventions of 1949. Thanks to the cooperation … in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red …
Interactive dialogue on violence against women
… general protection is provided by the four Geneva Conventions (1949) and their Additional … punishment of perpetrators. As parties to the Geneva Conventions and other IHL treaties, the …
Violence against women
… general protection is provided by the four Geneva Conventions (1949) and their Additional … punishment of perpetrators. As parties to the Geneva Conventions and other IHL treaties, the …
Internally displaced persons
… enshrined in Article 1 common to the four Geneva Conventions. The recent peak in displacement …
Interactive dialogue on internally displaced persons
… enshrined in Article 1 common to the four Geneva Conventions. The recent peak in displacement …
Ready-to-use workshop on protection of health care in armed conflict
… Law Treaty Law o Common art. 3 to the Geneva Conventions: Conflicts not of an international … and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field. Geneva, 12 August 1949 Chapter II : Wounded …
Challenges raised by increasingly autonomous technologies
… of the 150th anniversary of the first Geneva Convention. On this occasion, the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian … Moderator Professor Andrew Clapham, Director, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian …
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