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Making better use of data on attacks against health care

… on Attacks on Health Care in Emergencies. (Geneva: WHO, 2016: 2). 3 ICRC, Health Care in Danger - January 2012 to December 2014 (Geneva: ICRC, 2015:4). 4 WHO, “Definition and … global 88 Includes violations of IHL, Geneva Conventions, Human Rights, medical neutrality, …

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Nigeria: Hundreds of thousands received food and assistance in 2016

… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …

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O, Humanitarian coordination bodies, 1921- ongoing, 127 metres of shelf space

… rédigée par Fabrizio Bensi. Règles ou conventions Inventaire conforme à la norme … on the grounds of the Parc Mon-Repos (Geneva), made available to the Institute through the City of Geneva and renovated through a grant made in …

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African Union: ICRC calls on all parties to conflict to respect IHL in urban warfare

… today, very often in violation of the Geneva Conventions, so further degrading available …

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Information notice on the processing of personal data by the ICRC's resource mobilization division

… The work of the ICRC is based on the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional … Red Cross (ICRC)  19 avenue de la Paix  1202 Geneva Switzerland  +41 (0)22 730 21 71  …

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International expert meeting report: The principle of proportionality

… Protocol I of 8 June 1977 additional to the Geneva Conventions (AP I). It prohibits attacks … Humanitarian Law, 3rd ed., ICRC, Geneva, 2001, p. 46. 9 Y. Sandoz, C. Swinarski …

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Management of the dead from the Islamic law and IHL perspectives: Considerations for humanitarian forensics

… Cross (ICRC) and a Visiting Professor at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland. Prior to joining the … consistent with the provisions of the Geneva Conventions related to honourable burial, and …

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Our work in Jordan: Facts and Figures 2015

… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …

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ICRC in Yemen: Our work in 2015

… International Humanitarian Law, of which the Geneva Conventions are the backbone. With its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the ICRC dangers that the …

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Kenya, Djibouti and Tanzania: Facts and Figures 2021

… of the updated commentary to the fourth Geneva Convention. • 3 lecturers from Kenya …

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