Speech by ICRC president: A commitment to address forced displacement
… Greater respect for IHL and refugee law, the Geneva Conventions and the Kampala Convention in …
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World Humanitarian Summit: Istanbul and beyond
… and International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, 2016 Any part of this publication may … Ed Schenkenberg and Marzia Montemurro of HERE-Geneva for their support in drafting. They … together with the State Parties to the Geneva Conventions and humanitarian partners to …
Malaysia: 2016 Young Humanitarian Writers Competition
… Red Crescent Movement and the signing of the Geneva Conventions – the cornerstone of international …
Autonomous weapons systems: Profound implications for the future of warfare
… on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) met in Geneva to discuss the technical, military, … Article 36 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, which has been …
Ready-to-use workshop on principles guiding humanitarian action
… and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field. Geneva, 12 August 1949 Geneva Convention (II) on Wounded, Sick and … August 1949 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to …
A strong resolve to end violence against health care
… that urgent action is needed to reaffirm the Geneva Conventions, to which all States are party. We … of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 60 01 F +41 …
Even wars have limits: Health-care workers and facilities must be protected
… law. It is no coincidence that the very first Geneva Convention of 1864 pertained to the … basic humanitarian consensus enshrined in the Geneva Conventions. To demand they are respected, …
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Georgia: Efforts to clarify the fate of missing persons
… The legal obligations are laid out in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional …
Humanitarian Policy at the WHS
… EU) Atrocities in Conflict mean we need the Geneva Conventions more than ever (Helen Durham, …
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