Malaysia: IHL conference commemorates 150 years of the first Geneva Convention
… the commemoration of 150 years of the first Geneva Convention. The event, on 27 and 28 …
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Mexico, Central America and Cuba: Helping the most vulnerable
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
Body of Azerbaijani citizen handed over
… On the basis of its mandate under the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC has been working in the … tel: +374 47 943740 Anastasia Isyuk, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 30 23 or +41 79 251 93 …
Egypt: Round table on international humanitarian law and sharia
… whose mandate is enshrined in the Geneva Conventions, has worked for 150 years to …
Armenia/Azerbaijan: Body of Armenian citizen handed over
… 10-10-2014 Geneva / Baku / Erevan (ICRC) – The body of an … border. On the basis of its mandate under the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC has been working in the …
Gaza: Emergency recovery needs
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
ICRC alarmed over unacceptable use of explosive weapons in urban areas
… 13-10-2014 Geneva (ICRC) – Ahead of its address to the … please contact: Ewan Watson, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 33 45 or +41 79 244 64 …
Sri Lanka: A family needs assessment
… on display at the ICRC headquarters in Geneva. As part of a global drive to ensure … use of the distinctive emblems set out in the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols. …
Missing persons in Nepal: the right to know - updated list 2014
… to the conflict (Art. 3 common to the Four Geneva Conventions). Kishor Kayastha/ICRC SUFFERING … The legal obligations are laid down in the Geneva Conventions, their Additional Protocols …
The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction: ICRC statement to the United Nations, 2014
… and addressing the impunity gap. The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Additional Protocol I … any or a combination of grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I, …
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