Ottawa Convention: "2025 was the aspirational deadline for achieving a mine‑free world. We still have a long way to go”
… and Their Destruction. 21 November 2022, Geneva. Mr President, Excellencies, Ladies and …
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Indonesia: Senior Workshop on International Rules governing Military Operations - SWIRMO
… the ICRC's mandates defined in the four 1949 Geneva Conventions is to promote knowledge of IHL …
Digitalizing the Red Cross, Red Crescent and Red Crystal Emblems
… Risks, and Possible Solutions, ICRC, Geneva, 2022. CONTENTS … such as: • a new Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions, to recognize and regulate a …
COP28 - The ICRC's call to strengthen climate action in conflict settings
… Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report, IPCC, Geneva, 2023. ICRC, ICVA, MercyCorps, ODI, … Environment Crisis on People’s Lives, ICRC, Geneva, 2020. Notre Dame Global Adaptation … of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 60 01 …
ICRC and World Bank partner to support violence-affected communities in Myanmar
… risks. TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY ICRC HQ Geneva (GVA) Quarterly throughout … also ratified a number of ILO labor-related conventions, including on forced labor, … and child labor; however, other key conventions, such as on equal remuneration and …
Russia-Ukraine: ICRC ready to visit all prisoners of war but access must be granted
… 16-10-2022 Geneva (ICRC) - A team of 11 staff of the … to treat them humanely in line with the Geneva Conventions and to give the ICRC access to all …
Mozambique: humanitarian response improves living conditions in Cabo Delgado
… on Health in Detention that took place in Geneva. • Conducted a dissemination to police … in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
Request for Tender - RFT/ICRC/IOM/GVA22/00158 - 3-year Frame Agreement - Tarpaulin 4x6m & Tarpaulin roll 4x60m
… Laboratory: November 25th, 2022 at 18:00pm (Geneva time) . The closing date for submission … test results: March 15th, 2023 at 14:00pm (Geneva time). Should you have any questions … Humanitarian Law, notably the Geneva Conventions. RFT/ICRC/IOM/GVA22/00158 The …
Russia-Ukraine international armed conflict: ICRC asks for immediate and unimpeded access to all prisoners of war
… 14-10-2022 Geneva (ICRC)—We share the frustration … who we have not been able to see. The Third Geneva Convention obliges parties to an … States have committed to respect the Geneva Conventions. Giving the ICRC access to visit …
Updated Commentary on the Geneva Conventions of August 12 1949. Volume I
… The application and interpretation of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their two Additional … audiences, the Updated Commentary on the Geneva Conventions of August 12 1949. Volume …
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