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Philippines: ICRC operational update (July 2020)

… Red Cross Red Crescent Conference, held in Geneva in December 2019, which encouraged … launch of its Updated Commentary to 3rd Geneva Convention (covering protection of … guidance on the implementation of the Conventions. The event was attended by …

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The International Movement of the Red Cross in Colombia stresses importance of respecting red cross emblem

… risk. The emblem is protected under the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols and …

News release

Exhibition marks ICRC’s 25 years in Armenia

… affected by the conflict, mandated by the Geneva Conventions to protect and to assist them. For …

News release

Experience of traineeships - Ellen Nohle

… team updating the Commentaries to the Geneva Conventions; I worked on classifications of …

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Liberia: Armed forces train in international humanitarian law

… the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL). "Under the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, …

News release

Remembering the Shoah: The ICRC and the international community's efforts in responding to genocide and protecting civilians

… The Holocaust ICRC: Protecting civilians 1949 Conventions and Additional Protocols, and … Commentaries   Switzerland Humanitarium, Geneva 17 avenue de la paix, 1202 Genève …

Event

Advanced Training Course in International Humanitarian Law

… ICRC’s new conference and visitors' centre in Geneva, from 4-7 November 2013. Experts from … such as updating the Commentaries to the Geneva Conventions, collaborating on the ICRC …

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Current state of affairs in the field of disarmament and arms control

… duty is enshrined in Article 1 common to the Geneva Conventions and in the principles of the Arms …

Statement

Democratic People's Republic of Korea: ICRC activities in December 2019

… War, emergency preparedness, promotion of Geneva Conventions and capacity-building of the …

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Bangladesh: Regional experts mull over challenges in IHL implementation

… the backdrop of the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions. Calling for greater partnerships, …

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