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ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric: "I truly believe in the preventive character of international humanitarian law"

… 52nd Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. ICRC President stressed that the … priority again for all parties to the Geneva Conventions. Because I truly believe in …

Statement

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, …

Publication

Venezuela: ICRC delegation in Caracas to cover Caribbean countries from 2024

… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

News release

International Review of the Red Cross - War and security at sea

… sea. The updated commentaries on the Second Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the …

Article

Malaysia: 19th national IHL moot court competition 2022

… c) ICRC Commentaries to the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols: … Convention Charter of the United Nations 1945 Geneva Convention I on Wounded and Sick in …

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Democratic Republic of the Congo: Fragmentation of violence increases needs, ICRC president says

… about, insisting on the basic tenets of the Geneva Conventions to change behavior is worthwhile. … tel: +243 81 700 85 36 Annick Bouvier, ICRC Geneva, tel : +41 79 244 64 05 Jean-Yves …

Statement

The ICRC at Davos: Tech partnerships, augmented reality and the cruelty of war

… 22-01-2018 Geneva (ICRC) – Peter Maurer, President of the … : Interest is growing in a Digital Geneva Convention to address the human cost of …

News release

150 years of humanitarian action

… 1864: Geneva Convention Moved by his experiences at … towards setting up the ICRC. The original Geneva Convetion enshrines the obligation to …

Everyone wounded or sick during armed conflict has the right to health care

… we call for action by the States party to the Geneva Conventions, whose rules seek to limit the way … One year ago today those States gathered in Geneva for the 32nd International Conference …

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