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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Sudan: Providing relief to people affected by conflict
… to family members and loved ones. Through the Geneva Conventions, the international community has …
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 …
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 …
Framework for access to education
… (ibid.). 12 ICRC, Children in War, ICRC, Geneva, 2009, available at: … objects under IHL.19 In particular, the Geneva Conventions (GC) and Additional Protocol I (AP …
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