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Explosive weapons in populated areas: Technical considerations relevant to their use and effects

… munitions are prohibited by international conventions. However, not all states have adhered to these conventions. Still, these weapons remain as a … Presentation at ICRC EWPA Experts Meeting, Geneva, February, 2015. Armament Research …

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Russian Federation: Regulating private military and security companies

… The Montreux Document goes further than the Geneva Conventions, requiring them to comply with IHL … those that already exist." Anna Marie Burdzy, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of …

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Speech by ICRC President: Uphold the norms that safeguard humanity

… in the ICRC's role as the Guardian of the Geneva Conventions – a set of universally ratified …

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Speech by ICRC president: A commitment to address forced displacement

… Greater respect for IHL and refugee law, the Geneva Conventions and the Kampala Convention in …

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World Humanitarian Summit: Istanbul and beyond

… and International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, 2016 Any part of this publication may … Ed Schenkenberg and Marzia Montemurro of HERE-Geneva for their support in drafting. They … together with the State Parties to the Geneva Conventions and humanitarian partners to …

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Malaysia: 2016 Young Humanitarian Writers Competition

… Red Crescent Movement and the signing of the Geneva Conventions – the cornerstone of international …

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Speech by ICRC president: Conflict and migration from a humanitarian perspective

… to its legal mandate from States (through the Geneva Conventions), its operational activities, and …

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Autonomous weapons systems: Profound implications for the future of warfare

… on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) met in Geneva to discuss the technical, military, … Article 36 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, which has been …

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Ready-to-use workshop on principles guiding humanitarian action

… and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field. Geneva, 12 August 1949 Geneva Convention (II) on Wounded, Sick and … August 1949 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to …

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A strong resolve to end violence against health care

… that urgent action is needed to reaffirm the Geneva Conventions, to which all States are party. We … of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 60 01 F +41 …

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