Nova Kakhovka Dam: ICRC responds with water and health assistance
… organization, its mandate stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. it is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and works in more than …
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ICRC president to UN Security Council: Space for impartial humanitarian action under threat
… space, deny the very essence of the Law. The Geneva Conventions are not up for negotiation; they … such as the ICRC, according to the Geneva Conventions, have a right to propose …
Egypt: ICRC Activities from January to December 2022
… conferred upon the organization by the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It also provided … conferred upon the organization by the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It also provided …
ICRC president arrives in Israel
… 14-12-2023 Geneva (ICRC) - Mirjana Spoljaric, the … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Challenges raised by increasingly autonomous technologies
… of the 150th anniversary of the first Geneva Convention. On this occasion, the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian … Moderator Professor Andrew Clapham, Director, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian …
Communities need space to protect themselves and States must be proactive in granting it
… years after the universal ratification of the Geneva Conventions, more than 40 years after the … adoption of the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions, and 20 years after the …
Protection challenges and needs faced by women and girls in armed conflict and post-conflict settings
… in full. Every State party to the Geneva Conventions also has an obligation in this connection: Article 1 common to the four Geneva Conventions calls on all States Parties …
Leave a legacy to the ICRC: Welcome pack
… 150 years ago, Henry Dunant, a citizen of Geneva, was an unwilling witness to the … following year, States adopted the original Geneva Convention to improve the lot of people … Second World War, States amended the existing Conventions and adopted new ones in order to …
DR Congo: “If you’ve come all this way, it means we haven’t been forgotten”
… Speech given at the United Nations Office at Geneva by François Moreillon, head of … than 450,000 people – twice the population of Geneva – have been forced from their homes in … mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Sri Lanka - A year for the ICRC to expand its response
… Mr Charles Sabga, ICRC’s Legal Adviser from Geneva, Mr Sunod Jacob Matthew and Ms Supriya … Legal Adviser from Iran, presented on the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, …
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