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South Sudan: World Bank and ICRC partner to save and change lives
… 12 4.2.1 The Geneva Conventions, … Sudan. The work of the ICRC is based on the Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional …
Report - Fifth Meeting of Representatives of National IHL Committees of Commonwealth Countries
… Anne Quintin, Head of Advisory Services, ICRC Geneva, noted that the need to support better … of Additional Protocols I and II to the 1949 Geneva Conventions as a time to encourage formal …
1980 convention on certain conventional weapons and its protocols – ratification kit
… (with Protocols I, II and III) was adopted at Geneva on 10 October 1980, WHEREAS the State … (with Protocols I, II and III) was adopted at Geneva on 10 October 1980, WHEREAS Review …
Why engaging with non-state armed groups?
… organization explicitly mentioned in the 1949 Geneva Conventions as an example of an organization … 3 Additional Protocol II of 1977 to the Four Geneva Conventions of 1949, Article 1(2). 2 3 …
Annual Report 2020
… online round table on Article 1 common to the Geneva Conventions. The Malian military, with ICRC … of the Updated Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention. Some students and …
The ICRC engagement with armed groups: a humanitarian necessity
… stated explicitly in Common Article 3 to the Geneva Conventions. From a practical point of view, …
ICRC: Korean War Anniversary and the Geneva Conventions
… set an unprecedented event where the Third Geneva Convention was enacted in a major …
Nigeria: Healthcare in Danger Training Module for Medical Students, Healthcare Workers and Teachers
… MODULE FOUR: THE DISTINCTIVE EMBLEMS OF THE GENEVA CONVENTION 23 Use of the Emblems 23 … workers, chapter four; the emblems of the Geneva convention and the final chapter talks … and who refrain State party to the Geneva Conventions from any act of hostility. This …
ICRC’s Fifth IHL Arabic Writing Competition
… to climate change - Common Article 1 of the Geneva Conventions: States' obligation to respect and …
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