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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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 …
The ICRC's work for people with disabilities, January-September 2015
… Red Cross (ICRC) 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva Switzerland Tel.: +41 22 730 24 92 …
Contemporary challenges to IHL – Occupation: overview
… in The Hague Regulations of 1907, the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 and Additional …
Framework for access to education
… (ibid.). 12 ICRC, Children in War, ICRC, Geneva, 2009, available at: … objects under IHL.19 In particular, the Geneva Conventions (GC) and Additional Protocol I (AP …
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 …
Explosive weapons: Civilians in populated areas must be protected
… A Deadly Choice in Populated Areas, ICRC, Geneva, January 2022. CONTENTS … Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Geneva, 2011, (ICRC Challenges Report 2011), … 7 J. Kellenberger, “Sixty years of the Geneva Conventions: Learning from the past to better …
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 …
Every human life deserves safety and dignity: A call to make international humanitarian law a political priority
… in Diversity”. This is precisely what the Geneva Conventions represent – a universal body of …
China: The 18th IHL Moot Court concludes in Guilin, CUPL claims victory for the sixth time
… one of the first countries to accede to the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, …
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