Policy paper: Missing migrants
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… This stems from its mandate under the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional … those related to data protection. 3 The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their …
… world of political imprisonment.” “The Geneva Conventions...continue to remind us most … with the ICRC, which we nicknamed “M-Geneva”, was in 1980 following a hunger strike …
… humanitarian intermediary, laid down in the Geneva Conventions, is now more widely recognized and …
… medical staff for first-aid trainings in Geneva, Switzerland. Their medical staff are …
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
… Protocol I of 8 June 1977 additional to the Geneva Conventions. In particular, the Protocol …
… in the ICRC's role as the guardian of the Geneva Conventions – a set of universally ratified …
… More than 70 years after their adoption, the Geneva Conventions enjoy universal ratification, and … violations of IHL, the ICRC, with the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian …
… for International Law and Policy, ICRC, Geneva Giving her opening remarks, Dr. Helen … on PoC (ICRC) – Jamie Williamson, ICRC Geneva In his presentation, Jamie Williamson … highlighted the difference between the Geneva Conventions (where the minimum age for …
… for IHL, in line with Article 1 common to the Geneva Conventions of 1949. The migration compact … all necessary measures for their protection. Geneva, 27 March 2017 6 The ICRC’s mandate and …
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Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.
International humanitarian law is based on a number of treaties, in particular the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols, and a series of other instruments.
Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.