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Counterterrorism, IHL and Humanitarian Action

… Protocol 1, Article 51(2); see also Geneva Convention IV, Article 33(1) and … the Senior Humanitarian Policy adviser at NRC Geneva, specializing in the impact of … action. Prior to joining the NRC in Geneva in 2015, she spent eight years managing …

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Liberia: Red Cross, Press Union of Liberia hold media training in humanitarian reporting

… authorities in the domestication of the Geneva Conventions, Kampala Convention, and the Arms …

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Sudan: Providing relief to people affected by conflict

… to family members and loved ones. Through the Geneva Conventions, the international community has …

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ICRC concerned at gap between commitments and practice of Arms Trade Treaty

… 20-08-2018 Tokyo/Geneva – Speaking today at a meeting of … information, please contact Matthew Clancy (Geneva): +41 79 574 15 54; mclancy@icrc.org   …

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States must act responsibly at every step along the arms transfer chain

… which is enshrined in Article 1 common to the Geneva Conventions and in the principles of the Arms …

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Implementing IHL in West Africa

… the relationship with IHL in international conventions addressing terrorism, as acts of … Mr. Benjamin Charlier, Legal Adviser, ICRC Geneva, gave an update on the 4th Universal … held on 30 November – 2 December 2016 in Geneva. The meeting was organized by the ICRC …

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Malaysia: 15th national IHL moot court competition

… were in force for Plant and Page: The 1949 Geneva Conventions; the 1977 Additional Protocols; … and Cultural Rights, 3 (1966), the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the two …

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1972 Convention on the Prohibition of Biological Weapons

… World War, and was prohibited by the 1925 Geneva Protocol, the forerunner to the … World War, and was prohibited by the 1925 Geneva Protocol, the forerunner to the … 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …

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Obligations in terms of penal repression - Factsheet

… repression of serious violations in the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 (GC I–IV), their … repression of serious violations in the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 (GC I–IV), their …

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The International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission – Factsheet

… Protocol I of 8 June 1977 additional to the Geneva Conventions (Protocol I) provides for the … Protocol I of 8 June 1977 additional to the Geneva Conventions (Protocol I) provides for …

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