Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC completes second phase of release operations, reuniting more families
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
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Azerbaijan: The inspiring journey of Sevda and her family rebuilding their lives
… international humanitarian law. Guided by the Geneva Conventions, which mark their 75th anniversary …
Hong Kong: Asia-Pacific regional Moot Court puts Humanitarian Law in action
… the 1977 Additional Protocols I and II to the Geneva Conventions. To celebrate that, a key note …
Young Humanitarian Writers Competition launched to spread power of humanity
… Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Geneva Conventions, the main body of IHL. The …
Invitation to bid for ICRC tender for hygienic parcels
… extended to March 31th, 2022 at 17:00 (Geneva time) • Sample delivery to the ICRC Geneva and the assigned external laboratory: … Humanitarian Law, notably the Geneva Conventions. Within the above mandates and …
31st International Conference 2011: Resolution 6 - Health inequities
… Crescent Movement (International Conference), Geneva, Switzerland, 28 November-1 December …
Reconnecting families
… families are addressed. Enshrined in the Geneva Conventions, it is a permanent structure … Ukraine According to its mandate under the Geneva Conventions, the CTA created a …
Humanitarian action and the pursuit of peace: Speech on the anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize
… for the Fondation Gustave Ador, 8 June 2017, Geneva. "It has been claimed that rather than … they met at a very exclusive club in Geneva's old town, Le Cercle de la Terrasse. … Finally, Article 3 common to the four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, which …
Interactive dialogue on internally displaced persons
… enshrined in Article 1 common to the four Geneva Conventions. The recent peak in displacement …
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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