Australia: ICRC delegation to Australia in Second World War
… due to the organization’s mandate in the Geneva Conventions. After many months of negotiations … with belligerent nations for the 1929 Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War to be …
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Mali: Parliamentarians sharpen their awareness of international humanitarian law
… (ICRC) in Mali. "By adhering to the four Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, …
Autonomous weapon systems - Q & A
… as required by Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions. In other words, the longstanding …
Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
… Conventional Weapons, Statement of the ICRC, Geneva, November 2014 The Convention on … Mines published earlier this year by the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian … party to Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions. In the context of forthcoming …
South Sudan: Facts and Figures - November 2014
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
Morocco: ICRC signs headquarters agreement with government
… 24-11-2014 Rabat/Geneva (ICRC) – The Moroccan government and … its founding in 1863 it has brought forth the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
Regional delegation in India: Lest we forget!
… to mark the 150th anniversary of the original Geneva Convention explains the basics of …
Internment in armed conflict: Basic rules and challenges
… the most important of which are the 1949 Geneva Conventions for the protection of victims of … deprivation of liberty is prohibited”. 2 Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 …
ICRC presents record budget for 2015 to meet vastly expanding needs
… 26-11-2014 Geneva (ICRC) – For 2015, the International … Maurer, speaking at a press conference in Geneva, on the occasion of the launch of the … Protocol I Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to …
Chemical weapons use: An unacceptable repeat of history that demands attention
… the use of chemical weapons, the 1925 Geneva Protocol, which applied to inter-State …
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