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… (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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Speech by ICRC president: Protecting civilians in peacekeeping operations
… at the United Nations Security Council in Geneva, Switzerland. War equals destruction. … of behavior And lastly, as stated in the Geneva Conventions, respect and ensure respect for …
Australian launch of the Children and War edition of the Review
… International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva Sophie McNeill Researcher for Human …
South Africa: Annual regional seminar on international humanitarian law
… of the 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions. In plenary meetings, the …
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… the existing commentaries to the four 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, …
Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC demands protection of patients, health-care workers, medical facilities in Gaza amid escalating attacks
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Philippines: Deepening dialogue on humanitarian law and Islamic law
… times of war have been codified in IHL. The Geneva Conventions—the main instruments of IHL—are …
Indonesia: ICRC attends first international conference on Buddhist ethics, education, and applied Buddhism
… aspects of IHL - as enshrined in the second Geneva Conventions. He also posed the question as to …
The ICRC: 150 years of humanitarian action
… The ICRC was founded on 17 February 1863 in Geneva. © ICRC / hist-00113 Danish military ambulance, 1878. The 1864 Geneva Convention established a unique … First World War, 1914-1918: Rath Museum, Geneva, 1949. International Prisoner-of-War …
The Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross: Commentary
… humanitarian law, mainly embodied in the Geneva Conventions for the protection of the victims … Notes 1. Jean Pictet: Red Cross Principles, Geneva, 1956. (Translated from the French, Les …
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