Malaysia: 2016 Young Humanitarian Writers Competition
… Red Crescent Movement and the signing of the Geneva Conventions – the cornerstone of international …
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Seoul: State Representatives Discuss Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities to International Humanitarian Law
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
A road map for protecting health-care services
… to undermine the founding principle of the Geneva Conventions: that there should be some …
Gaza’s Youth: Suspended Lives, Fading Opportunities
… its mandate stems essentially from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. it is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and works in more than …
Embassy of Canada and ICRC Conclude Insightful Alumni Discussion on Humanitarian Efforts to Mark World Red Cross Day
… Cross Day and the 75 th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, featured Mamadou Sow, the ICRC’s …
"International humanitarian law should not be construed, or interpreted, as legitimizing the resort to conflict."
… of the First Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions, in which States expressed their …
Saudi Arabia: High level workshop for military personnel in Tabuk
… The ICRC is formally entrusted under the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols …
The protection of the civilian population during sieges: what the law says
… civilians to leave the besieged area. The Geneva Conventions contain essential, but limited, … and objects assigned to care for them. The Geneva Conventions contain a few explicit …
Chad/Sudan: ICRC facilitates release of 30 children previously detained in relation to conflict; ICRC president visits eastern Chad
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Mali: Arabic IHL library given to Université privée du Sahel
… law. The French publications also provide the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their additional …
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