International Conference: Opening address by ICRC president
… and the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions to come together and shape the … States and non-State actors, according to the Geneva Conventions. These rules are too often …
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B, General services, 1917- ongoing, 3313 metres of shelf space
… services, secretariats and departments in Geneva have an index number starting with the … Croissant-Rouge Circulaires aux gouvernements Conventions de Genève et leur interprétation; … 022-253 ''The Course of Five Lessons on the Geneva Conventions'' de Henri Coursier …
The Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949
… texts of the two Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, as adopted on 8 … Law applicable in Armed Conflicts (Geneva, 1974-77). It also includes extracts …
The Story of an Idea: A Comic by Moebius
… present in simple terms the meaning of the Geneva Conventions, the universal humanitarian …
Armenian prisoner of war returns home
… 18-11-2015 Geneva (ICRC) - An Armenian soldier who had … will. On the basis of its mandate under the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC has been working in the …
Legal provisions - Sexual violence in armed conflicts workshop
… law Treaty law Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions: Conflicts not of an international … of Civilian Persons in Time of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949 Protocol Additional to …
Workshop structure - Sexual violence in armed conflicts workshop
… How does law protect in war?, 3rd. ed., ICRC, Geneva, 2011, also available online at: … How does law protect in war?, 3rd. ed., ICRC, Geneva, 2011, also available online at: … to prosecute grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, violations of the laws or customs …
Commentary on the First Geneva Convention (flyer)
… promotes the updated Commentary on the First Geneva Convention – the first in a series of …
Ninth Senior Workshop on International Rules Governing Military Operations (SWIRMO).
… laid the groundwork for the adoption of the Geneva Conventions. Years before Henry Dunant came … in domestic legislation and international conventions dealing with terrorism – the two …
Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
… the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) and the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian … States party to Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions. In 2006, the Third Review …
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