Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC decries the shooting of its humanitarian convoy in Gaza
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Supporting the future of Syria and the region - Brussels IV Conference, 30 June 2020
… and within the legal framework of the Geneva Conventions. States’ responsibility is to …
Legal review of weapons
… says Treaty law Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 – Article 36 Domestic law …
Georgia: Efforts to clarify the fate of missing persons
… The legal obligations are laid out in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional …
Gaza: Increased armed hostilities in Rafah pose disastrous risk to civilian lives and infrastructure
… 14-02-2024 Geneva (ICRC) — The International Committee of … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Mali: Parliamentarians sharpen their awareness of international humanitarian law
… (ICRC) in Mali. "By adhering to the four Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, …
Concern about deteriorating health of Palestinian detainees hospitalized in Israel
… humanely in accordance with the Fourth Geneva Convention, are fully aware of the …
Internally displaced persons
… enshrined in Article 1 common to the four Geneva Conventions. The recent peak in displacement …
View of the ICRC on interpretation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
… and Operations of the Convention: Article 1,” Geneva, 31 May 2002. 16 APMBC, preambular … in particular, Protocol I Additional to the Geneva Conventions, Article 10, prescribing the …
Ethics and autonomous weapon systems: An ethical basis for human control?
… the ICRC convened a round-table meeting in Geneva from 28 to 29 August 2017 to explore … Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Geneva, 3 April 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the … a provision that first appeared in the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, was later …
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