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Turkey’s first lady and Turkish Red Crescent Society President visit Red Cross/Red Crescent Museum in Geneva

… Geneva (ICRC) - Turkey's first lady along with the president … tackling the issue of refugees worldwide. Turkey hosts the largest number of refugees in … of the Red Cross (ICRC), the first lady of Turkey, Mrs. Emine Erdoğan, spoke of the …

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Guidelines on investigating violations of IHL: Law, policy and good practice

… 22107/93, Judgment of 25 February 1997 Kaya v Turkey, Application No. 158/1996/777/978, … Judgment of 19 February 1998 Kurt v Turkey, Application No. 15/1997/799/1002, … Judgment of 25 May 1998 Ergi v Turkey, Application No. 66/1997/850/1057, …

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Missing since 1992-93 Abkhazia conflict: Speeding up identification process

… and Abkhaz participants gathered in Istanbul, Turkey, to discuss issues pertaining to the …

News release

Greece: Our work in 2018 at a glance

… The sea and the land migratory routes from Turkey to Greece remain dangerous and even … at a glance Some 32,500 migrants crossed from Turkey into the Aegean islands in 2018 with … The sea and the land migratory routes from Turkey to Greece remain dangerous and even …

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African Union: Military Attachés Association briefed on the humanitarian situation in DR Congo

… Finland, Italy, Japan, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, UK, USA) and NATO. How the ICRC works …

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Islamic Law and International Humanitarian Law

… Ḥanafī school in Syria, Egypt, parts of Iraq, Turkey, the Balkans, Pakistan, Afghanistan, … common law and, in some cases, customary law. Turkey applies civil law only.2 The term …

Legal factsheet

Iraq: People and life return to Baashiqa

… wedding dresses, imported from Syria and Turkey. “Each wedding dress I sell deepens my …

Ethics and autonomous weapon systems: An ethical basis for human control?

… South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Venezuela, Zambia and Zimbabwe. 18 …

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Out of the ‘mouth of a shark’: a humanitarian perspective on migration and displacement

… Over 300,000 children had been born in Turkey since 2011. Those children were in an …

Event

Out of the ‘mouth of a shark’: a humanitarian perspective on migration and displacement

… Over 300,000 children had been born in Turkey since 2011. Those children were in an …

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