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Israel and the Occupied Territories: ICRC urges respect and protection of civilians, unhindered flow of humanitarian assistance as intolerable suffering mounts in Gaza

… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

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Bandeira com o logotipo do CICV

Syria: ICRC president warns “path to peace fragile” and calls on global community to not abandon country at this historic crossroads

… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

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Syria - Qamishli - WatHab - Qamishli power substation

China: Regional seminar held to empower military's operational legal advisors

… marks the 75th anniversary of the four 1949 Geneva Conventions, and 120th anniversary of the …

Law and policy topic
Over twenty armed forces legal advisors, uniformed military operational commanders and staff officers, research fellows and humanitarian representatives from 16 countries attended the Asia-Pacific Operational Legal Advisors Seminar in Beijing.

Sri Lanka: Exploring contemporary challenges to international humanitarian law

… The Geneva Conventions enjoy universal acceptance, even …

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Bosnia-Herzegovina: 25 years dedicated to humanity

… Cross emblem. In a shocking violation of the Geneva Conventions, the convoy was attacked at the …

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Table of National Committees and other national bodies on international humanitarian law

… IHL at the national level, particularly the Geneva Conventions, and their Additional Protocols, … of IHL instruments, such as the four Geneva Conventions and their Additional …

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Afghanistan: ICRC Director-General highlights massive humanitarian needs and calls for sustained international support

… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

News release
Bandeira com o logotipo do CICV

World Water Day: Bringing safe drinking water closer to conflict-affected families in Misamis Oriental, Philippines

… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

News release

Dialogue with the past: the ICRC and the Nazi death camps

… of prisoners of war not protected by the 1929 Geneva Convention. The draft was the subject … the work that led to the adoption of the Geneva Convention relative to the protection …

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Digitalizing the Red Cross, Red Crescent and Red Crystal Emblems

… Risks, and Possible Solutions, ICRC, Geneva, 2022. CONTENTS … such as: • a new Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions, to recognize and regulate a …

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