Interactive dialogue on internally displaced persons
… enshrined in Article 1 common to the four Geneva Conventions. The recent peak in displacement …
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Australia: New technologies and implications for states
… 36 of the first Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions. Article 36 requires states to …
Papua New Guinea: Officials increase awareness of laws of war
… of the IHL, the foundations of which are the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and its two additional …
Family must be allowed to visit Palestinian hunger striker in critical condition
… him as a matter of urgency." Under the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, detainees have a …
Universal meeting of National Committees and similar bodies on international humanitarian law. Statement by the ICRC
… I would like to offer you a warm welcome to Geneva and to the Fourth Universal Meeting of … of IHL since the adoption of the original Geneva Convention in 1864. And yet, deliberate … holding their first while they are here in Geneva. Two national IHL committees from …
Detention in non-international armed conflict - Meeting of all States, 27-29 April 2015
… Meeting of All States 27-29 April 2015, Geneva, Switzerland Background document April … been codified for detention in NIAC. The four Geneva Conventions – universally ratified but for the …
DR Congo: Civilians in the firing line as use of heavy weapons signals alarming new phase of armed conflict in the east
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around … 864 687, easomani@icrc.org Fatima Sator, ICRC Geneva, Tel.: (+41) 79 848 49 08, …
COP28 - The ICRC's call to strengthen climate action in conflict settings
… Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report, IPCC, Geneva, 2023. ICRC, ICVA, MercyCorps, ODI, … Environment Crisis on People’s Lives, ICRC, Geneva, 2020. Notre Dame Global Adaptation … of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 60 01 …
Statement by ICRC president upon ending 5-day visit to Syria
… is hard. But we are better than this. The Geneva Conventions, 70 years old this year, leave … Beirut, +961 3 138 353 Jenny Tobias, ICRC Geneva, +41 79 447 37 26 Matthew Morris, ICRC …
South Africa: 15th Annual Regional Seminar on International Humanitarian Law - Summary Report
… years, brings together all signatories of the Geneva Conventions and its Additional Protocols as … through the Africa Group of Ambassadors in Geneva with support from the African Union …
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