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Strengthening compliance with IHL: Initial informal Meeting of States, July 2012
Informal Meeting on Strengthening Compliance with International Humanitarian Law, Geneva, 13 July 2012 Concluding remarks Purpose of the meeting Today’s meeting has allowed us to appraise the …
Toxic chemicals as weapons for law enforcement: a threat to life and international law?
During the past ten years there has been much discussion and analysis of so called "incapacitating chemical agents" and of the use of these toxic chemicals as weapons for law enforcement. The ICRC …
War crimes under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and their source in international humanitarian law – Table
Table seeking to provide the war crimes over which the International Criminal Court (ICC) has jurisdiction, together with the definition of such offences as found in other sources of international …
Discussions on Strengthening Compliance with International Humanitarian Law, Geneva, 8-9 November 2012
WORKING GROUP MEETING ON STRENGTHENING COMPLIANCE WITH IHL November 8 and 9, 2012 BACKGROUND DOCUMENT GENEVA, OCTOBER 2012 THE PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT IS TO FACILITATE DEBATE AT THE WORKING GROUP …
Central America: Safeguarding migrants
Hundreds of thousands of Central Americans risk kidnap, robbery, rape and misfortune every year to seek a better life up north. Some reach their goal, others fall off trains and lose their limbs. …
Strengthening compliance with IHL: Meeting with a group of States, November 2012
Discussions on Strengthening Compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL), Geneva, 8/9 November 2012 …
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