Armenia / Azerbaijan: Azerbaijani citizen repatriated
… 10-06-2016 Geneva/Yerevan/Baku (ICRC) – An Azerbaijani … being held. Based on its mandate under the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC has been present in the …
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Reversing commitment to anti-personnel mine ban endangers civilian lives
… 06-02-2020 Geneva - The International Committee of the …
Guiding Principles / Model Law on the Missing
… of the Red Cross 19 Avenue de la Paix, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 6001 F+41 22 … With the now universal acceptance of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, the applicability of …
Ecuador: Regional Meeting of National Committees on IHL and Other Similar Entities of the Americas
… including the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions. Finally, the participating … parties to the four universally recognized Geneva Conventions of 1949 and to the states …
The use of force in law enforcement operations
… all … • In the same vein, Article 42 of the Geneva Convention III relative to the … in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
Asia regional conference discusses ways to generate respect for humanitarian law
… Mr Benjamin Charlier, ICRC legal adviser in Geneva, highlighted that existing mechanisms, … Article 90 of Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions to enquire into allegations of …
Body of Azerbaijani citizen handed over
… On the basis of its mandate under the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC has been working in the … tel: +374 47 943740 Anastasia Isyuk, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 30 23 or +41 79 251 93 …
History of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Volume I: From Solferino to Tsushima
… the evolution of the law of war from the 1864 Geneva Convention to the Hague Convention No. …
Russia-Ukraine international armed conflict: New visits to prisoners of war bring much-awaited news to families
… 08-12-2022 Geneva (ICRC) — More prisoners of war held by … from delegates of the ICRC under the Third Geneva Convention. While the recent visits are … Jennifer Sparks (English), ICRC Geneva, +41 79 217 32 00, jsparks@icrc.org …
ICRC statement: "Any use of cluster munitions, anywhere, by anyone, must be condemned"
… Munitions. 30 August – 2 September 2022, Geneva. Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, …
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