Talking about the laws of war in a peaceful Pacific
… the ratification and implementation of the Geneva Conventions, its Additional Protocols and …
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Bruges Colloquium 2017: The Additional Protocols at 40
Achievements and Challenges The ICRC Brussels delegation and the College of Europe have jointly organized the Bruges Colloquium on International Humanitarian Law every year since 2000 as part of …
Neutral and impartial Red Cross work in Venezuela
… Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The four Geneva Conventions, as they are known today, were … of warfare. Three Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions were later adopted. They …
How does law protect in war? (Serbo-Croatian)
… International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva 1999 ISBN 86-84251-03-2 4 Član 83: … Additional Protocols of 8 June 1977 to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, ICRC, Geneva, …
Failure to manage arms trade responsibly is putting a dirt cheap price on the lives of civilians
… 11-09-2017 Geneva (ICRC) -Speaking at the opening of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Conference in Geneva, ICRC President Peter Maurer issued a … information please contact: Matt Clancy, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 79 574 15 54 Peter Maurer …
South Africa: Annual regional seminar on international humanitarian law
… of the 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions. In plenary meetings, the …
Mali: Arabic IHL library given to Université privée du Sahel
… law. The French publications also provide the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their additional …
Strengthening international humanitarian law in Liberia
… on the integration and domestication of the Geneva Conventions, their Additional Protocols, and … on the integration and domestication of the Geneva Conventions, their Additional Protocols …
ICRC Statement to the Seventh Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions
… to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, Geneva, Switzerland. Address by Dr Helen … must not be cause for complacency. Here in Geneva, the grievous harm caused by cluster …
Advanced International Humanitarian Law Summer Session for Lecturers
… of the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Convention, the 7th Advanced …
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