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 …
"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 …
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 …
Toxic chemicals as weapons for law enforcement
… (and biological) weapons in 1925 (The Geneva Protocol). This was reinforced with … any toxic chemical as a weapon under the 1925 Geneva Protocol, the 1993 Chemical Weapons …
ICRC position on the use of toxic chemicals as weapons for law enforcement
… of toxic chemicals as weapons under the 1925 Geneva Protocol, the Chemical Weapons … as weapons is absolutely prohibited by the Geneva Protocol, the 1972 Biological Weapons …
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 …
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) …
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 …
Explosive weapons: Civilians in populated areas must be protected
… A Deadly Choice in Populated Areas, ICRC, Geneva, January 2022. CONTENTS … Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Geneva, 2011, (ICRC Challenges Report 2011), … 7 J. Kellenberger, “Sixty years of the Geneva Conventions: Learning from the past to better …
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