Azerbaijan/Armenia: Humanitarian consensus allows ICRC to deliver humanitarian relief
… 18-09-2023 Geneva (ICRC) — As a result of persistent … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
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Azerbaijan/Armenia: ICRC calls for civilians to be protected
… 19-09-2023 Geneva (ICRC)–Following today’s escalation of … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Operational update on Armenia/Azerbaijan: Evacuations of people wounded by weapons bolster humanitarian response
… 22-09-2023 Geneva (ICRC) - Nine people wounded in the … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Armenia/Azerbaijan Operational Update: 70 metric tons of humanitarian supplies cross the Lachin road; medical evacuations carried out
… 23-09-2023 Geneva (ICRC) – Nearly 70 metric tons of … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Armenia/Azerbaijan: Ambulances, medical supplies being sent to assist victims of explosion
… 26-09-2023 Geneva (ICRC) – Hundreds of burn victims of an … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Armenia/Azerbaijan: Civilian population, whether leaving or staying, must be protected
… 26-09-2023 Geneva (ICRC) –The thousands of people now … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Mozambique: communities return to their areas of origin with urgent basic needs
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
Philippines: Senior military, police, coast guard officers oriented on IHL and law of naval warfare
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Israel and the occupied territories: Targeting civilians leads to further spirals of violence and hatred
… 10-10-2023 Geneva (ICRC) – The recent violence in Israel … and ill-treatment are prohibited by the Geneva Conventions. In addition, the Conventions …
Haiti: ICRC to expand humanitarian efforts in response to rising violence
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around … , +1 202 361 1566 Fatima Sator, ICRC Geneva, fsator@icrc.org , +41 79 848 49 08 …
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