General and specific protection of women under international humanitarian law
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International humanitarian law and cyber operations during armed conflicts
… 6 See Art. 1(2) of Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to … 54 AP I; Art. 14 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and …
Central America: Annual Report 2020
… BY VIOLENCE codes for the ICRC HQ intranet in Geneva. 85 physical and mental health … the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, the ICRC, together with …
Gaza: survey shows heavy toll of chronic power shortages on exhausted families
… its mandate stems essentially from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. it is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and works in more than …
Why migrants are particularly vulnerable during the pandemic
… developing their responses to the pandemic. Geneva, 8 April 2020 9 This includes ‘induced … in international treaties (in particular the Geneva Conventions of 1949), the Statutes of the …
Round table "Memory and War"
… Justice, Human Rights and the Rule of Law, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian … Justice, Human Rights and the Rule of Law, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian … Commentaries to the first and third Geneva Conventions. He was appointed as an arbitrator …
Yemen: Thousands of people in need of food and shelter as fighting intensifies
… 07-03-2020 Sanaa/Geneva (ICRC) - Intense fighting on the … , Near and Middle East Spokesperson, ICRC Geneva +41 79 447 3726, rhetherington@icrc.org … 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
Pakistan: Health Care in Danger study undertaken in Karachi
The ICRC together with its Karachi partners APPNA Institute of Public Health, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre and Ziauddin University recently finished a study on violence against health personnel …
Annual Report 2022
… ICRC’s updated French Commentary on the First Geneva Convention – in Côte d’Ivoire (see … Health in Detention organised by the ICRC in Geneva, Switzerland (see Headquarters – … round table on Article 1 common to the Geneva Conventions; a workshop on partnered military …
Missing persons: high cost of conflict and violence in Africa
… and the ICRC’s Central Tracing Agency in Geneva. Restoring Family Links Restoring … non-international armed conflicts, see: Geneva Conventions (GC) III Articles 70–71; GC IV …
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