8 things we must do to tackle humanitarian crises in 2019
… 8. Respecting the law, no excuses As the Geneva Conventions turn 70 in 2019, we recognize that …
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Gilles Carbonnier visits India, 7-11 January 2019
… 36 of the first Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions, as a crowd of over a thousand …
Saudi Arabia: High level workshop for military personnel in Tabuk
… The ICRC is formally entrusted under the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols …
Millions of people enduring conflict need tradition of humanitarian multilateralism to continue
… Next year we mark the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions of 1949. The humanitarian rules in … of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Geneva next year. …
South Sudan management frameworks and social assessment
… (cf. Annex on ICRC PEP guidelines) § Juba and Geneva staff health colleagues are available … and/or Pharmacists in Juba, Nairobi and Geneva § Suggested indicator: o Indicator: … The work of the ICRC is based on the Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional …
Digital trails could endanger people receiving humanitarian aid, ICRC and Privacy International find
… 07-12-2018 Geneva (ICRC) – The humanitarian sector’s … please contact: Philippe Stoll, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 79 536 92 49 THE … “Guidelines for Cash Transfer Programming” (Geneva: International Red Cross and Red …
ICRC appeal to fund its operations in 2019
… by contributions from States party to the Geneva Conventions, supranational organizations, … Division 19 Avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T + 41 22 734 60 01 F + 41 …
African Union: ICRC calls on all parties to conflict to respect IHL in urban warfare
… today, very often in violation of the Geneva Conventions, so further degrading available …
Voices from Within: A decade of questions racing through the minds of war surgeons in the Middle East and North Africa
… Regional Affairs cell in Beirut, edited in Geneva, then laid out and translated into … soldiers, and in 1863, he and his peers in Geneva founded the International Committee for … with and apply the provisions of the Geneva Conventions, i.e. that they care for members …
Australia: New technologies and implications for states
… 36 of the first Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions. Article 36 requires states to …
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