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Their discussions will focus on issues of interest to both Poland and the ICRC, including the humanitarian situation in Iraq, ... Poland currently holds the presidency of the International Commission ...

• 2008-02-06
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • History
      • Second World War

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Humanitarian diplomacy and communication

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Poland

The Polish photographer Wojcech Lembryk was awarded a special prize by the ICRC today at the annual WBK Press Photo 2006 Awards, ... " As a prize, the ICRC will award Mr Lembryk a contract to report on ...

• 2006-06-06
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Building respect for IHL

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Poland

The privatization of war is the topic of a conference to take place today and tomorrow in Warsaw. ... Organized jointly by the ICRC and the Polish Institute of International Affairs , the meeting will bring ...

• 2006-04-27
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Building respect for IHL

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

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Protected persons
      • Civilians

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Poland

• People
  • Civilians

Regional Central European seminar on the implementation of the 1954 ... Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland), as well as experts from Austria, Slovenia and the United Kingdom and representatives of ...

• 2005-10-04
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Conduct of hostilities
      • Cultural property

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL in domestic law

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Poland

There have always been customary practices in war, but only in the last 150 years have States made international rules to limit ... There have always been customary practices in war, but only in the ...

• 2009-02-19
• Section

Since its creation in 1863, the ICRC's sole objective has been to ensure ... the Second World War The invasion of Poland by German troops on 1 September 1939 is an indication of what is to come.

• 2010-03-23
• Section

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • History
      • Founding

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • History
      • First World War

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • History
      • 1918-1939

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • History
      • Second World War

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • History
      • Since 1945

... Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts & Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent & the ... The ten largest operations worldwide are Pakistan, Afghanistan, ...

• 2009-06-26
• Section

Section on ICRC activities in Europe and Central Asia. Includes news, operational updates, feature stories and articles about ICRC activities including promoting international humanitarian law and other ...

• 2009-03-24
• Section

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Kazakhstan

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Kyrgyzstan

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Tajikistan

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Turkmenistan

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Uzbekistan

States party to the Geneva Conventions and their add. Protocols - ICRC Annual report 2010 States party to the Geneva conventions and their add. protocols - ICRC Annual report 2010 International ...

• 2010-03-23
• Section

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law
      • Customary law

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law
      • Geneva Conventions

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law
      • IHL in brief

Amid this upheaval, the ICRC focused on ensuring that the funds provided by its donors would not in any way be put at risk by ... Given these circumstances, KCHF -29,779 of unrestricted reserves was ...

• 2010-03-23
• Section

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • Finances

First, there are the multiple consequences of the major crises that marked the past twelve months, particularly those that ... The confrontation between State security forces, on the one hand, ...

• 2011-12-08
• Report

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • Finances

They protect people who do not take part in the fighting (civilians, medics, ... Links to selected resources. States party to the Geneva Conventions and their add.

• 2010-07-01
• Section

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law
      • Geneva Conventions

The introduction to this report provides a brief overview of current armed conflicts and of their humanitarian consequences, ... It then discusses the specific interplay between these two branches of ...

• 2011-10-31
• Report

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

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

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

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Multinational forces

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

Please note that e-mail addresses are for professional use only ... Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYRoM), Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia ) Tel: (+381) 11 228 55 45 Fax: ...

• 2011-12-03
• Contact

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • Contacts

4082 Workshop report, Geneva, 14-16 March 2011 Workshop report: CHILDREN AFFECTED BY ARMED CONFLICT AND OTHER SITUATIONS OF ... 3 FOREwORD By Angela Gussing, Deputy Director of Operations, ICRC ...

• 2011-11-17
• Publication

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Protecting civilians

• Topic
  • Red Cross Red Crescent Movement

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Protected persons
      • Children

• People
  • Children

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

The media of East Asia, South-east Asia and the Pacific have an important role to play in covering conflict, ... At times, reporting on these situations puts the media's own safety at risk.

• 2011-10-05
• Event

The invasion of Poland by German troops on 1 September 1939 is an indication of what is to come. ... Civilians would also be the main victims of brutal occupation policies, starting with those of the Third ...

• 2010-03-23
• Section

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • History
      • Second World War

Includes news, feature stories and articles about ICRC activities, including relations with the European Union, ... 2,697 of which: Overheads 165 IMPLEMENTATION RATE Expenditure/yearly budget 87% ...

• 2010-04-20
• Section

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Austria

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Bulgaria

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Cyprus

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Czech Republic

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Denmark

In December 1981, Walesa, along with several thousand others, ... Walesa was interned in a country house in a remote part of Poland, close to the then Soviet border, and was visited three times by ...

• 2005-03-31
• Section

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Visiting detainees

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Health
      • Health in prisons
        • Torture

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

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

The document also lists some 70 recommendations, derived from good State ... " So far, 17 countries (Afghanistan, Angola, Australia, Austria, Canada, China, France, Germany, Iraq, Poland, Sierra Leone, ...

• 2008-09-19
• Feature

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Building respect for IHL
      • Dialogue with weapon bearers
        • Private military and security companies

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Privatization of war

• People
  • Weapon bearers

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• 2011-03-14
• Contact

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • Contacts

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Reuniting families

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

... Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America), under the 1955 Bonn Agreements and ... This initiative by the ITS, aimed at the last living ...

• 2010-12-15
• Interview

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • History
      • Second World War

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia

It provides support for health-related issues, particularly the control of tuberculosis in places of detention, ... Armenia - ICRC Annual report 2010 Maps: Armenia In Armenia the ICRC focuses on the ...

• 2010-11-01
• Section

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Armenia