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New warfare technologies, new protection challenges

… This humanitarian action webcast, co-produced by … Mr. Claude Bruderlein, Strategic Advisor, International Committee of the Red Cross Ms. … International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School Professor Brian Rappert, Sociology, …

Article

New warfare technologies, new protection challenges

… This humanitarian action webcast, co-produced by … Mr. Claude Bruderlein, Strategic Advisor, International Committee of the Red Cross Ms. … International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School Professor Brian Rappert, Sociology, …

Event

Georgia/South Ossetia: Find those who went missing during conflicts

… in Ergneti. The meeting was chaired by the International Committee of the Red Cross … their missing relatives.” Under international humanitarian law, families have the right to know what …

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Women and War

… by conflict and the actions taken by the International Committee of the Red Cross … It also promotes those rules of international humanitarian law which provide specific protection for …

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Bangladesh: 12th Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition 2021 — National Rounds

… The International Committee of the Red Cross … moot court competition on international humanitarian law (IHL) is to develop an increased awareness …

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Relevant and practical: The Additional Protocols at 40

… codified basic principles and rules of international humanitarian law (IHL). They also developed new rules to …

Statement

War in cities: Towards a holistic response

… symposium on "War in Cities", the ICRC, the International Institute for Strategic Studies … of certain rules of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) related to the conduct of …

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They remain as life-saving as always: PNG reflects upon 70 years of Geneva Conventions

… 12-08-2019 Port Moresby (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross … of the wars which rage today. It is about laws that assert that as long as conflict … the protective power of international humanitarian law risks creating a vicious …

News release

The Practice of Non-State Armed Groups: Implementing IHL Rules on Detention and Urban Warfare

…   Humanitarian engagement with armed groups has long been a defining feature of the International Committee of the Red Cross' … frameworks in order to ensure respect for the law and to reduce harm to victims. Based on …

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South Sudan: Facts and figures for 2019

… country Trained 4,400 military personnel in international humanitarian law   For a detailed report of our work in …

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