Colombia: Humanitarian Report 2024
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Colombia: ICRC calls for special agreements to be adopted as part of negotiations with armed groups
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Mine Awareness Day: Deaths of 9 Afghan children underscore the ongoing danger from unexploded ordnance
… Geneva (ICRC) – On the occasion of the … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Members of the Commonwealth and Red Cross and Crescent to discuss IHL in South Africa
… done to improve compliance in practice, the Geneva Conventions themselves are as relevant today as ever. Without the Geneva Conventions, the human cost of war …
ICRC 2024 Opinion Paper - How is the term "Armed Conflict" defined in international humanitarian law?
… and doctrine since the drafting of the Geneva Conventions. The 2024 Opinion Paper explains … Paper (see also the new Commentaries to Geneva Conventions and reports on "IHL and the …
ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric: “War without limits equals suffering without end”
… Union. Special High-Level Intervention on the Geneva Conventions. Dear President, honourable … arise. 2024 marks the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions . These Conventions are the …
Safeguarding Essential Services: Addressing Indirect Effects of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
… Better Approach to Assisting Affected People, Geneva, 2015; ICRC, Explosive Weapons With … Effects: A Deadly Choice in Populated Areas, Geneva, 2022; ICRC, War in Cities: Preventing … in Annex I of the First and Fourth Geneva Conventions. 2.5.3.Enable safe access to the …
Algeria: ICRC president meets with Algerian authorities
… cooperation. The 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions this year serves as a reminder of … ensuring that their dignity is respected. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional …
Myanmar: Operational Facts and Figures 2023
… 2024 marks the 75th anniversary of the fourth Geneva Conventions, a universal reminder that even …
Statement by ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric to the 'Vienna Conference on Autonomous Weapon Systems 2024: Humanity at the Crossroads'
… do not exist in a lawless space. We have the Geneva Conventions, universally ratified, and their …
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