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Contemporary challenges to IHL – Privatization of war: overview
… and their protection assured, by the Fourth Geneva Convention, the Additional Protocols of …
World Mental Health Day: Helping those who help others
… Crescent can work with States party to the Geneva Conventions to deal with these challenges. …
Nigeria: ECOWAS States discuss implementation of international humanitarian law
… of warfare. The main treaties are the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their three Additional …
Recruiter for field positions – Talent Acquisition Team
… and our mandate stems essentially from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. We work closely with … recruiter to join our team based in Geneva at ICRC HQ. In this role, you will play …
Are we doing enough to safeguard health-care services?
… In December 2015, the States party to the Geneva Conventions gathered in Geneva for the 32nd International Conference …
Hong Kong: Asia-Pacific regional Moot Court puts Humanitarian Law in action
… the 1977 Additional Protocols I and II to the Geneva Conventions. To celebrate that, a key note …
Young Humanitarian Writers Competition launched to spread power of humanity
… Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Geneva Conventions, the main body of IHL. The …
Indonesia: Senior Workshop on International Rules governing Military Operations - SWIRMO
… the ICRC's mandates defined in the four 1949 Geneva Conventions is to promote knowledge of IHL …
Kyrgyzstan: A look back at 2014 and forward to the remainder of 2015
… of the ICRC (in 2013) and of the original Geneva Convention (in 2014), the Swiss embassy …
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