Bangladesh: 15th Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition 2024 — Call for Registration
… humanitarian organization, based in Geneva, Switzerland. The ICRC has been … c) ICRC Commentaries to the Geneva Conventions and its Additional …
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Creating and Teaching an IHL Course
… of International and Development Studies, Geneva Andrew Clapham is a professor of … and served as the first director of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian … 2014. In 2015 he co-edited The 1949 Geneva Conventions: A Commentary with Paola Gaeta and …
Republic of Korea: ICRC and KOICA sign agreement to help people affected by armed conflict and violence
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. We help people around the …
Malaysia: Regional conference on Arms Trade Treaty and humanitarian law
… the interpretation of Common Article 1 to the Geneva Conventions". …
A humanitarian perspective on military AI
… Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva. This years' Beijing Xiangshan Forum … and with the Chinese Permanent Mission in Geneva. Personally, I am very much looking …
From our archives: protecting prisoners and detainees
… the International Prisoner of War Agency in Geneva to centralize information management … Although neither country had signed the 1929 Geneva Convention on prisoners of war, they …
China: University of San Agustin garnered the championship in the 22nd IHL Moot Court for Asia-Pacific Region
… the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Geneva Conventions which are the bedrock of …
The ICRC and CRASSH at the University of Cambridge to launch new Humanitarian Action Programme
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
President Spoljaric addresses the European Humanitrian Forum
… protects us all. Every state is bound by the Geneva Conventions. No matter the circumstances that …
China: Senior military officers seek greater respect for law of armed conflict at sea
… of the Updated Commentary on the Second Geneva Convention. The ICRC and the PLA have …
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