6th Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty
… of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty. Geneva, 17 August 2020 — This year's … Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Geneva, 17 August 2020 This year’s Conference …
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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 …
Panel Discussion on Private Military and Security Companies
… Adviser in the IHL Advisory Service, ICRC Geneva; 3- Jean-Michel Rousseau, Montreux … of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T + 41 22 734 60 01 F + 41 … of PMSC personnel under the 1949 Geneva Conventions, individual accountability for …
IHL Day 2020: Preserving human dignity in times of armed conflict
… Law Day on this day, 12 August, we recall the Geneva Conventions which came into being on this same … in the aftermath of the Second World War. The Geneva Conventions are among the very few …
Protect all humanity by ratifying the nuclear weapon ban treaty
… Last year, the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions , the foundational instruments of …
Third report on the EU guidelines on promoting compliance with IHL
… In the year of the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, the Council of the EU issued … of the Red Cross and Red Crescent8 (Geneva, 2015) was issued. Furthermore, as a …
Philippines: ICRC operational update (July 2020)
… Red Cross Red Crescent Conference, held in Geneva in December 2019, which encouraged … launch of its Updated Commentary to 3rd Geneva Convention (covering protection of … guidance on the implementation of the Conventions. The event was attended by …
COVID-19: Experts discuss need to secure health care systems online
… Health & AI Research, Graduate Institute, Geneva, Kaja Ciglic, senior director, Digital … was based on protections guaranteed under the Geneva Conventions. The rules of international …
Indonesia: ICRC attends first international conference on Buddhist ethics, education, and applied Buddhism
… aspects of IHL - as enshrined in the second Geneva Conventions. He also posed the question as to …
Updated Commentary brings fresh insights on continued relevance of Geneva Conventions for treatment of prisoners of war
… to launch the updated Commentary on the Third Geneva Conventions. An expert panel discussed the … is prohibited in armed conflict? The four Geneva Conventions of 1949 form the foundation …
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