The 49th Florence Nightingale Medal Award Ceremony
… International Humanitarian Law, which has the Geneva Conventions as its cornerstone, caring for the …
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ICRC presents record budget for 2015 to meet vastly expanding needs
… 26-11-2014 Geneva (ICRC) – For 2015, the International … Maurer, speaking at a press conference in Geneva, on the occasion of the launch of the … Protocol I Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to …
Mozambique: humanitarian response improves living conditions in Cabo Delgado
… on Health in Detention that took place in Geneva. • Conducted a dissemination to police … in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
The ICRC in Syria: Facts and figures 2014
… known as international humanitarian law. The Geneva Conventions form its backbone. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the ICRC has over 12,000 …
Malaysia: 15th national IHL moot court competition
… were in force for Plant and Page: The 1949 Geneva Conventions; the 1977 Additional Protocols; … and Cultural Rights, 3 (1966), the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the two …
Private sector engagement: Making the case for collaboration
… de Lausanne (EPFL) at Campus Biotech in Geneva. Around 130 people including the ICRC's … CSG members, representatives of the Lake Geneva business, academic and political … commettent des violations généralisées des conventions humanitaires internationales – de …
Colombia: Humanitarian situation and ICRC activities
… 2014 8 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 57 58 59 2014: Geneva Conventions, 150 years of humanitarian action … IHL HAS TO SAY Protocol II additional to the Geneva Conventions Article 10. General …
Humanitarian needs are enormous around the world, but together we can address them.
… this mandate on the ICRC in the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional …
ICRC president to UN Security Council: Disrespect of health care a security issue
… In this, the 70th anniversary year of the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC is calling on all States …
7 issues that will shape the humanitarian agenda in 2018
… In addition to the States Parties to the Geneva Conventions, a new wave of social investors …
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