Internally displaced persons
… enshrined in Article 1 common to the four Geneva Conventions. The recent peak in displacement …
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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 …
Prohibition and punishment of torture and other forms of ill-treatment
… other forms of illtreatment derives from the Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional … and Customs of War on Land (Art. 4); the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 (GC I, Art. 12; GC …
What’s new in law and case law around the world? Biannual update, July to December 2013
… to IHL and other related international conventions and protocols, and the amendment … Conflict 1977 Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions – Declaration Article 90 … of war) 2005 Additional Protocol III to the Geneva Conventions Reports and Documents This …
Strengthening Compliance with IHL – Third Meeting of States, 30 June & 1 July 2014
… 30 June and 1 July 2014 BACKGROUND DOCUMENT GENEVA, JUNE 2014 Contents 1. Introduction … types of armed conflicts, as defined in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional …
From our archives: Rules to limit suffering
… First-aid post for wounded soldiers. The 1864 Geneva Convention stipulated that wounded … causing death or terrible injuries. The 1925 Geneva Protocol prohibited the use of … of armed forces at sea. The four Geneva Conventions of 1949 – now universally ratified …
Rules of war (in a nutshell)
People have always used violence to settle disputes. And all cultures have always had the idea that there have to be limits on that violence, if we are to prevent wars from descending into barbarity. …
Engaging with students and professors on the issue of sexual violence in armed conflicts - workshop
… protect in war?" allows students to apply the Geneva Conventions to concrete issues related to … law Treaty law Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions: Conflicts not of an …
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