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22-03-1995 News Release 1797 Geneva (ICRC) - Following the recent operations of the Turkish ... approaches to the Turkish Government with a view to carrying out its humanitarian mandate in Turkey.

• 1995-03-22
• News Release
• Archived page

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Turkey

• Places
  • Middle East
    • Iraq

and was intended both to strengthen links between the ICRC and Turkey's academic circles and to promote the teaching of ... " , he said, " Turkey can do much to promo te humanitarian law in a part of ...

• 2002-02-21
• News Release
• Archived page

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Turkey

Maps of ICRC operations in Turkey Maps of ICRC operations in Turkey

• 2011-02-01
• Map

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Turkey

12-04-1995 News Release 15 In the past few days the ICRC has carried out several surveys of the situation in the part of Iraqi ... Two delegates went to Zakho, a town close to the Turkish border, ...

• 1995-04-12
• News Release
• Archived page

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Turkey

• Places
  • Middle East
    • Iraq

Section on ICRC activities in Turkey. ... the Ankara - ICRC Annual report 2010 Maps: Turkey The primary role of the ICRC's mission in Ankara is to support the ICRC's protection work in Iraq.

• 2010-04-20
• Section

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Turkey

However, the ICRC also conducts activities within Turkey, focusing on the promotion of IHL and cooperation with the Turkish Red ... However, the ICRC also conducts activities within Turkey, focusing ...

• 2010-10-29
• Overview

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Turkey

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

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

In particular, it distributes fertilizer, seed and greenhouses to needy farmers and ... unexploded ordnance and other explosive remnants of war, in particular along the borders with Iran and Turkey.

• 2011-12-14
• Operational Update

• Places
  • Middle East
    • Iraq

In 1991 she was elected to the upper house of the Swiss parliament, where she remained until 2003, chairing the foreign affairs ... Mr Bernasconi has served as a consultant to the UN Committee on ...

• 2011-01-01
• Miscellaneous

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • Structure

Since the emblem was to reflect the neutrality of the armed forces ... 1876-1878 During the war between Russia and Turkey, the Ottoman Empire declared that it would use the red crescent on a white ...

• 2007-01-14
• Miscellaneous

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • History

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Emblem

While a detailed account of their long history is beyond the ... Convention ‘‘has so far prevented Turkey from exercising its rights under the Convention, because it gave offence to Muslim soldiers’ ...

• 2007-03-31
• Article
• by: Jean-François Quéguiner

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

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Emblem

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL in domestic law

With each new area of international life created by increased global interaction and groundbreaking technological developments, ... International Law Commission (ILC), Report of the Study Group on ...

• 2010-09-30
• Article
• by: Julian Wyatt

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Conduct of hostilities
      • Environment and warfare

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL and other legal regimes

Includes news, operational updates, feature stories and articles about ICRC activities, ... Visits to Damascus by political leaders and senior officials from France, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Spain, ...

• 2011-07-01
• Section

• Places
  • Middle East
    • Syria

0876 Download PDF 1 MB This is a comprehensive brochure providing ... However, during the 1876-1878 war between Russia and Turkey, the Ottoman empire declared that it would use a red crescent instead ...

• 2007-07-16
• Publication

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Emblem

Within a couple of days the authorities of the Republic of ... Partner National Societies (from Turkey, Finland and the United Arab Emirates) sent two planes and four trucks with food and other ...

• 2010-07-14
• Field Newsletter

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Cooperating with National Societies

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Kyrgyzstan

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Uzbekistan

• People
  • Refugees and displaced persons

Challenges in the fields of stockpile destruction, mine clearance ... SEE PORTUGAL SPAIN MONTENEGRO BIH TURKEY TURKMENISTAN AZERBAIJAN AFGHANISTAN IRAN PAKISTAN QATAR TAJIKISTAN Atlantic Ocean ALGERIA ...

• 2011-11-25
• Publication

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

The early history of most institutions has been blurred by the passage of time. ... in Israel and the occupied territories, Bangladesh, Turkey and Cyprus, Chad, Viet Nam and Cambodia.

• 2009-04-22
• Article
• by: François Bugnion

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • History
      • Founding

• Topic
  • Red Cross Red Crescent Movement

This response is based, in part, on Jean-Marie Henckaerts, ‘‘Customary international humanitarian law: ... This response is based, in part, on Jean-Marie Henckaerts, ‘‘Customary international ...

• 2007-06-30
• Article
• by: Jean-Marie Henckaerts

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

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL in domestic law

• Places
  • The Americas
    • United States

... regimes.5 1 2 3 4 5 See, e.g., Report of the European Commission of Human Rights, Cyprus v. Turkey, Appl. ... 125; European Court of Human Rights: Cyprus v. Turkey, 2001-IV Eur. Ct.

• 2007-12-26
• Article
• by: Cordula Droege

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

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL and other legal regimes
      • IHL and human rights

Since they were adopted, the red cross and red crescent emblems have provided protection to millions of war victims but they have ... The aim of this article is to recount the history of the emblem ...

• 2007-07-11
• Publication
• by: François Bugnion

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Emblem

• Topic
  • Red Cross Red Crescent Movement
    • International Conference
      • 29th Conference

While there is a certain tradition of victim participation as ‘‘partie civile’’ in the criminal proceedings of some national ... While there is a certain tradition of victim participation as ‘‘partie ...

• 2008-06-30
• Article
• by: Elisabeth Baumgartner

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • International criminal jurisdiction
      • International Criminal Court

François Bugnion 30-04-1995 Article, International Review of the Red Cross, No. ... in Bangladesh (1973-1974) and more briefly in Turkey and Cyprus (1974), Chad (1978), Viet Nam and Cambodia (1979).

• 1995-04-30
• Article
• by: François Bugnion

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • History
      • Since 1945

The second item on the agenda, Strengthening Capacity to Assist and Protect the Most Vulnerable, will focus on strengthening the ... New beginnings This International Conference, at the close of a ...

• 1995-10-01
• Miscellaneous

• Topic
  • Red Cross Red Crescent Movement
    • International Conference
      • 26th Conference

In Afghanistan, as is often the case in so-called asymmetric conflicts, the geographical and temporal boundaries of the ... In Afghanistan, as is often the case in so-called asymmetric conflicts, ...

• 2011-03-31
• Article
• by: Robin Geiss, Michael Siegrist

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Conduct of hostilities

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Afghanistan