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Mine clearance refers to the detection, removal and destruction of all mines in a given area that is known to be mined with the ... 01-08-2004 Mine clearance refers to the detection, removal and ...

• 2004-08-01
• Miscellaneous
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

... devices in parts of Ajdabiya," said Herby Elmazi, the ICRC delegate in charge of the clearance operation. ... The ICRC clearance team is working in close cooperation with Libyan Red Crescent volunteers ...

• 2011-05-04
• Operational Update

• Topic
  • ICRC activities

• Places
  • Africa
    • Libya

United Nations International Meeting on Mine Clearance, Geneva, 6 July 1995 Statement by Mr. Cornelio Sommaruga, ... 06-07-1995 Statement United Nations International Meeting on Mine Clearance, Geneva, ...

• 1995-07-06
• Statement
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Humanitarian diplomacy and communication
      • United Nations

05-04-2002 News Release 02/14 On 1 April mine-clearance operations began on a stretch of highway between the forward defence lines ... for mine clearance on their respective sides of the crossing ...

• 2002-04-05
• News Release
• Archived page

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Sri Lanka

Mine clearance refers to the detection, removal and destruction of all mines in a given area that is known to be mined with the ... 01-12-2006 Feature Mine clearance refers to the detection, ...

• 2006-12-01
• Feature
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

11-04-2002 News Release 02/15 The ICRC is working with the Albanian Red ... The ICRC is working closely with local branches of the Red Cross and two organizations engaged in mine clearance (the Swiss ...

• 2002-04-11
• News Release
• Archived page

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Albania

12-07-1995 News Release 28 The United Nations International Meeting on Mine Clearance, which ended in Geneva on 7 July, ... Despite the disappointing financial results, the meeting provided evidence of ...

• 1995-07-12
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

... the United Nations will convene an International Meeting on Mine Clearance in Geneva from 5 to 7 July 1995. ... The ICRC urges the participants to recognize that the results of the Mine Clearance ...

• 1995-07-04
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

Even after a conflict ends, mines and such ‘explosive remnants of war’ as unexploded bombs, shells and cluster-munition bomblets continue to ... Topics include clearance, risk education and risk reduction.

• 2010-03-23
• Section

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

Iraq - ICRC Annual report 2010 Maps: Iraq The ICRC, which has ... Despite widespread weapon contamination, hardly any organizations were involved in clearance of mines/explosive remnants of war ( ...

• 2010-04-20
• Section

• Places
  • Middle East
    • Iraq

4028 Download PDF 2 MB This manual is a practical tool to assist policy-makers, legislators and other stakeholders worldwide in ... 4028 true the Domestic implementation of international humanitarian ...

• 2011-09-25
• Publication

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL in domestic law

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • International criminal jurisdiction

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Building respect for IHL
      • Advisory Service

In order to answer that question, the ICRC first conducted an internal study of both the reality of contemporary armed conflicts ... All options must be studied, including the preparation of soft-law ...

• 2011-12-15
• Miscellaneous

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Development of IHL

• Topic
  • Red Cross Red Crescent Movement
    • International Conference
      • 31st Conference

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Respect for IHL

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Protected persons
      • Prisoners of war and detainees

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Protected persons
      • Refugees and displaced persons

acquisitions12_01.doc acquisitions11_12.doc acquisitions11_10.doc ... Challenges in the fields of stockpile destruction, mine clearance and victim assistance are considered in light of the commitments ...

• 2012-02-07
• Miscellaneous

Each year large numbers of civilians are killed and injured by “explosive remnants of war”. These are the unexploded weapons such as ... Topics include clearance, risk education and risk reduction.

• 2010-03-23
• Section

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Explosive remnants of war

As the promoter and guardian of international humanitarian law, it strives to protect and assist the victims of armed conflicts, ... A non-international armed conflict means fighting on the territory of a ...

• 2004-01-01
• Publication

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law

The publication presents the most fundamental and contemporary legal ... MEYER Michael A. (ed.), Armed Conflict and the New Law: Aspects of the 1977 Geneva Protocols and the 1981 Weapons Convention, ...

• 2011-03-16
• Publication
• by: Marco Sassòli, Antoine A. Bouvier, Anne Quintin

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Building respect for IHL
      • Education and outreach
        • Universities

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law

In A Memory of Solferino,1 Henry Dunant suggested creating ... provide in certain circumstances mine-clearance organizations with information, organize rehabilitation for people with artificial limbs, ...

• 2009-06-30
• Article

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • Mandate and mission

This brochure looks at assistance programmes, but, in field operations, protection and assistance activities are 2 interlinked in ... Health activities include the direct provision of health care, ...

• 2011-04-11
• Publication

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Ensuring economic security

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Water and habitat

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Health

Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, On 21 September last year, I shared with you the ... the course of military operations and the clearance of contaminated areas once operations have ended.

• 2011-05-12
• Statement

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Humanitarian diplomacy and communication

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Development of IHL

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Respect for IHL

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Protected persons
      • Prisoners of war and detainees

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Protected persons
      • Refugees and displaced persons

It protects and assists people displaced or otherwise affected by ... Farmland clearance facilitated the return of derelict land to productive use, while road repairs improved communications and ...

• 2011-01-25
• Section

• Places
  • Africa
    • Djibouti

• Places
  • Africa
    • Kenya

• Places
  • Africa
    • Tanzania

Mine clearance is also a major challenge facing the Convention today. "Some 30 States Parties have been unable to meet their clearance deadlines and have requested, or indicated that they intend to ...

• 2011-11-28
• News Release

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Anti-personnel landmines

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Cambodia

Also, for the purposes of this text, it does not include the internment of prisoners of war (POWs) in international armed ... For differences in the legal regulation of internment in international and ...

• 2005-06-30
• Article
• by: Jelena Pejic

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Protected persons
      • Civilians

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Security detention

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Visiting detainees

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Development of IHL

• People
  • Prisoners of war and detainees

Since 2008, the ICRC has also deployed specialist clearance teams to get rid of weapon contamination once and for all. ... Since 2008, the ICRC has also deployed specialist clearance teams to get rid of ...

• 2011-04-29
• Film

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Anti-personnel landmines

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Cluster munitions

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Explosive remnants of war

Further, many States agreed that mechanisms developed outside the ambit of IHL (e.g., human rights bodies) also have limits and ... 2. IHL and the Challenges of Contemporary Armed Conflicts Secondly, ...

• 2011-11-03
• Miscellaneous

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Development of IHL

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Safeguarding health care

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL

• Topic
  • Red Cross Red Crescent Movement
    • International Conference
      • 31st Conference

The head of the ICRC's Mines-Arms Unit, Peter Herby, explains why the ICRC is calling for national and ... The clearance and destruction of cluster munitions is even more dangerous than mine clearance.

• 2006-11-05
• Interview
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Cluster munitions

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Explosive remnants of war