Contemporary challenges to IHL – Respect for IHL: overview
… to an armed conflict under article 1 of the Geneva Conventions to respect and ensure respect for …
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Seven things you need to know about climate change and conflict
… damage through Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions . Watch explainer on the laws of … damage through Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions . Watch explainer on the …
Ethiopia: Providing assistance to vulnerable individuals in 2017
… on ICRC updated commentary on the Second Geneva Convention of 1949 attended by more … on the ICRC Updated Commentary on the Second Geneva Convention, Addis Ababa, 2017. …
Activity Report: ICRC in Iraq 2024
… to its mandate and mission, derived from the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional … ICRC’s oldest institutions enshrined in the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC seeks to protect …
Ukraine: Much-needed aid delivered to civilians near Bakhmut, but situation remains dire
… taking part in combat are protected by the Geneva Conventions and its Additional Protocols . …
Wars without limits are wars without end.
… But which limits? For the past 150 years, the Geneva Conventions and other bodies of international … fundamentals that lie at the heart of the Geneva Conventions. This global social …
Mexico: 11th edition of the Senior Workshop on International Rules Governing Military Operations (SWIRMO)
… of the ICRC is defined in the four 1949 Geneva Conventions, to which all States are party. …
The ICRC appeals for 2.4 billion Swiss francs for its operations in 2022
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross … protecting information is enshrined in the Geneva Conventions. and advising on search and …
Humanity at stake ? Humanitarian challenges and response in a complex and insecure world
… from all countries, including China. In Geneva and in the countries that I visit, I … The ICRC is also the guardian of the Geneva Conventions, the laws which govern how …
From our archives: protecting prisoners and detainees
… the International Prisoner of War Agency in Geneva to centralize information management … Although neither country had signed the 1929 Geneva Convention on prisoners of war, they …
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