The Additional Protocols at 40: upholding humanity in today's conflicts
… of Protocols I and II additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 (the Additional Protocols) …
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Compliance with IHL
… law is at the core of our mandate under the Geneva Conventions. IHL in action IHL in action: …
Model law for the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons
… any provision of [RELEVANT ROME STATUTE/GENEVA CONVENTIONS LEGISLATION AND CRIMINAL … obligation imposed by [RELEVANT ROME STATUTE/GENEVA CONVENTIONS LEGISLATION AND CRIMINAL …
Views of the ICRC on autonomous weapon systems
… Weapons Systems (LAWS) 11-15 April 2016, Geneva Views of the International Committee of … article 36 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions is important to ensure that a …
Palestinian hunger striker in critical state
… and news between them. Under the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, detainees have a … tel: +972 52 601 91 50 Sitara Jabeen, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 79 536 9231 …
Fighting violations of humanitarian law
… that of the USA, on the relevance of the Geneva Conventions and on how governments could …
IHL session in Viet Nam: Experts tackle tough questions on cyber warfare and autonomous weapons
… limits. While 2019 marks 70 years of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, Viet Nam celebrates 62 years of ratifying these Conventions. …
Legal factsheet on missing persons and their families: updated
… their families. Based on its mandate in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the Statutes of the …
Statute of the International Criminal Court
… humanitarian law mentioned in the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional … systems and the ICC Under the 1949 Geneva Conventions and 1977 Additional …
Weapons: Statement of the ICRC to the United Nations, 2018
… of an Arms Race in Outer Space, held in Geneva in August, the ICRC was able to share … Weapons Systems, which took place in Geneva in August this year, States made some …
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