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The history and negotiation of Protocol V to the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

… Cluster Bombs and Landmines in Kosovo, ICRC, Geneva, 2000; Explosive Remnants of War; … and Other Unexploded Ordnance, ICRC, Geneva, 2000. 14 Rae McGrath, Cluster Bombs: … Meeting on Explosive Remnants of War, ICRC, Geneva, 2000, pp. 14-15. 16 Ibid. 17 “Report …

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The weapons issue: ICRC statement to the United Nations, 1996

… Chemical Weapons Convention, strengthens the Geneva Protocol of 1925 which banned the use … of anti-personnel landmines, ICRC, Geneva, 1996. 2. Editor's note: Towards a …

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Atomic weapons and non-directed missiles: ICRC statement, 1950

… High Contracting Parties, Signatory to the Geneva Conventions for the Protection of the Victims of War. Geneva, 5 April 1950. On 6 August 1945, when …

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ICRC Pakistan: Snapshot 2021

… LAUNCH OF THE DLP FORUM MARKS 72 YEARS OF THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS Marking the 72nd anniversary of the Geneva Conventions on 12 August, the …

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Request for information regarding the consultancy to reduce the sustainable risk of ICRC distributed items

… the Red Cross, 19 Avenue de la Paix, CH-1202 Geneva, Switzerland Internal ICRC / RFP_ … © 2019, ICRC, 19 Avenue de la Paix, CH-1202 Geneva – Internal Author Description Carmen … The work of the ICRC is based on the Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional …

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"Mankind is faced with a problem of supreme gravity..."; ICRC appeal, 1945

… of international law in its model form in the Geneva and Hague Conventions , have undergone far-reaching … calls for decisions on the moral plane. The Geneva Convention gives guarantees to the …

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Incapacitating chemical agents: Law enforcement, human rights law and policy perspectives

… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross … of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 60 01 F +41 …

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Statute of the International Criminal Court – ratification kit

Model instruments of ratification / accession. Model of an instrument of ratification [acceptance or approval] (for States that signed the Statute by 31.12.2000) WHEREAS the Rome Statute of the …

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Statute of the International Criminal Court – Article 8

… war crimes " means: (a) Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of … under the provisions of the relevant Geneva Convention: (i) Wilful killing; (ii) …

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Counter-terrorism and IHL: Challenges to caring for wounded and sick on battlefield

… two years later to adoption of the First Geneva Convention of 1864, the genesis of … required by the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions on the one hand. And second, to …

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