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 …
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Global Initiative on international humanitarian law
… the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Geneva Conventions. The Conventions have been … directly through their permanent mission in Geneva. Each interested state will be able to …
Arms Trade Treaty: A framework that saves lives and preserves humanity in armed conflict
… Committee of the Red Cross, 25 August 2025, Geneva Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies … weeks ago, on the 76 th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC urged states to recommit …
Tuvalu Red Cross Society becomes 190th National Society
… Principles of the Movement and the Geneva Conventions. Support from the people of Tuvalu … 2015 at the International Conference in Geneva, which the TRCS was attending for the …
Domestic law and IHL
… restriction of certain combat tactics. The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional … and practical measures. For example, the Geneva Conventions require states to put an …
Afghanistan: ICRC welcomes greater efforts to respect international humanitarian law
… 07-10-2015 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of … set up under an Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions, but which has yet to be used. "We …
Recent developments of the interplay between IHL and IHRL
… agreements between States – treaties or conventions – in customary rules, which … Charter. The main sources of IHL are the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional … conflict. Noam Lubell, University of Essex / Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian …
What’s new in law and case law around the world? Biannual update, July to December 2013
… to IHL and other related international conventions and protocols, and the amendment … Conflict 1977 Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions – Declaration Article 90 … of war) 2005 Additional Protocol III to the Geneva Conventions Reports and Documents This …
“Tell him we love him deeply”: Families of prisoners of war are desperate for answers
… that he is fine." Prisoners of war and the Geneva Conventions The 1949 Geneva Conventions —which all countries in the …
Strengthening international humanitarian law in Liberia
… on the integration and domestication of the Geneva Conventions, their Additional Protocols, and … on the integration and domestication of the Geneva Conventions, their Additional Protocols …
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