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Responding to the humanitarian needs in Kenya, Tanzania and Djibouti

… competition on the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions. 12 University lecturers undertook … exhibition depicting the 7 decades of the Geneva Conventions ran for two weeks at the …

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China: Regional seminar held to empower military's operational legal advisors

… marks the 75th anniversary of the four 1949 Geneva Conventions, and 120th anniversary of the …

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Over twenty armed forces legal advisors, uniformed military operational commanders and staff officers, research fellows and humanitarian representatives from 16 countries attended the Asia-Pacific Operational Legal Advisors Seminar in Beijing.

Sri Lanka: Exploring contemporary challenges to international humanitarian law

… The Geneva Conventions enjoy universal acceptance, even …

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Bosnia-Herzegovina: 25 years dedicated to humanity

… Cross emblem. In a shocking violation of the Geneva Conventions, the convoy was attacked at the …

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Cyber Warfare: does International Humanitarian Law apply?

… to First Additional Protocol to the 1949 Geneva Conventions – that international humanitarian …

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Wars without limits are wars without end.

… But which limits? For the past 150 years, the Geneva Conventions and other bodies of international … fundamentals that lie at the heart of the Geneva Conventions. This global social …

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World Water Day: Bringing safe drinking water closer to conflict-affected families in Misamis Oriental, Philippines

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

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"Urban warfare" exhibition in Brussels

… ) - the foundation of which is based on the Geneva Conventions - nevertheless protects them, as …

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Frequently asked questions on ICRC’s work in Israel and the occupied territories

… that triggered the application of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, the Palestinian territory … (Hague Regulations of 1907 and the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949). The application of …

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Speech by ICRC president at Constitution Hill, Johannesburg, South Africa

… Red Cross (ICRC), as bestowed upon it by the Geneva Conventions. This complex, over a hundred … law (IHL) provisions contained in the 1949 Geneva Conventions and 1977 Additional …

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