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… by the 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions, the Rome Statute of the … Convention, 1999 Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 – Art. 53 Protocol II …
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Detention in non-international armed conflict: Consultations with government experts, 2012-2013
… of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 60 01 F +41 … consensus that the rules found in the 1949 Geneva Conventions applicable in international armed …
A Buddhist perspective on treatment of prisoners of war
… launched an updated Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention which regulates the treatment of prisoners of war. The four Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols are …
ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric: “The immense destruction and despair should not let us forget that wars have rules”
… Spoljaric asserts the relevance of the Geneva Conventions - setting clear limits to violence … the 55th session of the Human Rights Council, Geneva. President, excellencies, ladies and …
Statute of the International Criminal Court – Article 8
… war crimes " means: (a) Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of … under the provisions of the relevant Geneva Convention: (i) Wilful killing; (ii) …
Civil defence in international humanitarian law – Factsheet
… in the 1977 First Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 (AP I). The Fourth Geneva Convention for the protection of …
Prohibition and punishment of torture and other forms of ill-treatment
… other forms of illtreatment derives from the Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional … and Customs of War on Land (Art. 4); the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 (GC I, Art. 12; GC …
A licence to kill for autonomous weapons?
… possibility? A five-day long conference in Geneva has been looking at just such issues. …
Ready-to-use workshop on sexual violence in armed conflict
… protect in war?" allows students to apply the Geneva Conventions to concrete issues related to … How does law protect in war?, 3rd. ed., ICRC, Geneva, 2011, also available online at: …
War crimes under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and their source in international humanitarian law – Table
… with the following: Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional … to the Hague Convention No. IV, the 1925 Geneva Protocol, the 1954 Hague Convention for …
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