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Strengthening compliance with international humanitarian law: The work of the ICRC and the Swiss government (2015-2019)

Following a resolution adopted by the International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, between 2015 and 2019 Switzerland and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) jointly …

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