Where is the urgency to bring attacks on healthcare to an end?
… Protection of medical and humanitarian personnel in conflict. Statement … is, without doubt, improving respect for international humanitarian law and the basic principle of humanity. …
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1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 – Ratification kit
… ADVISORY SERVICE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW ____________________________________ 1977 … and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflict (Protocol I); …
Falklands/Malvinas Islands: Talks planned on identifying Argentine soldiers buried in Darwin cemetery
… The International Committee of the Red Cross … The identification project is an exclusively humanitarian endeavour to try and give the … provisions of international humanitarian law. The Argentine authorities handled the …
What we do for detainees
… water and health services. VIDEO - Why the International Committee of the Red Cross works … is in line with internationally recognized laws and standards and the principles of … The detainees describe any problems of humanitarian concern they may have, and what …
Montreux Document: Regional Conference on Private Military and Security Companies in Addis Ababa
… to discuss the Montreux Document on pertinent international legal obligations and good … obligations of States under international law and lists good practices aimed to assist … states in promoting respect for international humanitarian law and human rights law and to …
Five takeaways from the Health Care in Danger commissions
… Care in Danger (HCiD) commissions at the 32nd International Conference of the Red Cross and … he took from the commissions. 1. Keep the humanitarian sphere free from sectarianism The … Because upholding international humanitarian law is for the good of humanity, especially in …
Experience of traineeships - Ellen Nohle
… division of the ICRC. My background is in law, with a Bachelor from the University of Cambridge, after which I specialized in international law at the University for Peace … for me to further specialize international humanitarian law (IHL), and to learn from …
Access to education: Strategy
… will be complemented by our engagement in humanitarian diplomacy, in order to promote … through partnerships within and outside the International Red Cross and Red Crescent … the added value of its front line 5.2 Soft law provisions, regional and global experience …
Philippines: Civilians bear brunt of recurrent fighting in Maguindanao
… said Roberto Petronio, interim head of the International Committee of the Red Cross … independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives … with the international humanitarian law. As civilians continue to bear the brunt …
"We are from one big crew": Russian cosmonaut on what can be seen from outer space
… the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight, the International Committee of the Red Cross … purposes only. However, international humanitarian law should be respected in outer space, as it …
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