Australia: The "costs" of principled humanitarian action
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Somalia health news: Nearly 500,000 people received medical help in 2015
… to the conflict.” Extract from the 1st Geneva Convention, Chapter 1, Article 3, … in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
Our work in Jordan: Facts and Figures 2015
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
Tackling torture: Who are the torturers?
… is founded on humanitarian principles and the Geneva Conventions (particularly common Article 3) …
Liberia: Armed Forces of Liberia receive international humanitarian law manual
… of guardian of IHL as prescribed in the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC regularly supports the …
Papua New Guinea: ICRC agreement will ensure support for victims of violence
… in 1990. Its mandate is derived from the Geneva Conventions of 1949, to which Papua New Guinea … tel +675 709 93 061 Neha Thakkar, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 3160 or visit our …
Pakistan: Health Care in Danger study undertaken in Karachi
The ICRC together with its Karachi partners APPNA Institute of Public Health, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre and Ziauddin University recently finished a study on violence against health personnel …
Palestinian hunger striker in critical state
… and news between them. Under the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, detainees have a … tel: +972 52 601 91 50 Sitara Jabeen, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 79 536 9231 …
Restoring Family Links code of conduct on data protection
… which took place from 9–12 December 2019 in Geneva. REFERENCE DOCUMENTS Resolution on … in accordance with the provisions of the four Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols and …
The ICRC Data Protection Commission
… Chair Me. Page studied at the Universities of Geneva and St. Gallen. He is currently a … also university lecturer at the University of Geneva as well as visiting scholar at the … As university lecturer at the University of Geneva, Me. Page teaches law and litigation in …
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