Azerbaijan / Armenia: ICRC facilitates handover of Armenian citizen
… 12-11-2015 Geneva/Yerevan/Baku (ICRC) – An Armenian … On the basis of its mandate under the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC has been working …
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Bangladesh: 13th Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition 2022 — Call for Registration
… humanitarian organisation, based in Geneva, Switzerland. The ICRC has been … initial mandate is derived from the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional …
Frequently asked questions on the rules of war
… conflict'. IHL is made up of treaties (the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols are … forces or non-State armed groups. The Geneva Conventions , which are central to IHL, …
China: The 7th Advanced International Humanitarian Law Summer Session opens in Beijing
… of the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Convention, the 7th Advanced … around the 1977 protocols additional to Geneva Conventions, with lectures on topics including …
Humanity in a pandemic world: Young writers’ competition launched with new theme in Malaysia
… on battlefield, which then led to the first Geneva Convention in 1864. Fast forward to …
The law does not discriminate: Neither can we
… all. This year is the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions. The Conventions were agreed in … Seventy years on from the creation of the Geneva Conventions, we are looking for new …
Autonomous weapons: ICRC submits recommendations to UN Secretary-General
… humanitarian organization. Through the Geneva Conventions of 1949 (Geneva Conventions) and other international …
Celebrating 50 Years of the ICRC's Contribution to Humanitarian Action in Malaysia
… of Malaysia's accession to the 1949 Geneva Conventions , the core treaties of modern … just 10 years after Malaysia acceded to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, then Prime …
ICRC president statement to the Regional Conference on the Social and Humanitarian Impact of Autonomous Weapons, Costa Rica
… progress after nine years of discussions in Geneva at the Convention on Certain …
"Mankind is faced with a problem of supreme gravity..."; ICRC appeal, 1945
… of international law in its model form in the Geneva and Hague Conventions , have undergone far-reaching … calls for decisions on the moral plane. The Geneva Convention gives guarantees to the …
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