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: …
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… LAW TREATY LAW People protected by the four Geneva Conventions of 1949: • the wounded and the sick on land (First Geneva Convention) • the wounded, the sick and …
Conference on Disarmament, 110th anniversary of the Second Hague Conference - Statement by the ICRC
… anniversary of the Second Hague Conference, Geneva. Speech by Christine Beerli, Vice … of the Russian Federation to the UN in Geneva, and Ambassador Borodavkin in … this commemoration of 110 years of the Hague Conventions, and to offer our perspective on …
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 …
Protected persons: Internally displaced persons
… Read more What the law says Treaty law Fourth Geneva Convention, 1949 – art. 44, 45, 49, 70 Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 – Art. 73, 85 Protocol II …
Statute of the International Criminal Court – Article 8
… viii. b. i. ii. iii. Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of … under the provisions of the relevant Geneva Convention: Wilful killing; Torture or …
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 …
Respect for IHL
… "in all circumstances" (Art. 1 common to the Geneva Conventions). They must use their influence to … to armed conflict under Article 1 of the Geneva Conventions to respect and ensure …
ICRC Statement to 75th Session of UN General Assembly, Sixth Committee
… - Status of the Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the … the protection of these populations. The 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional …
The obligation to disseminate international humanitarian law – Factsheet
… When the States become parties to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional … this a rule of customary law. All four 1949 Geneva Conventions use virtually identical …
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