Nigeria: ECOWAS States discuss implementation of international humanitarian law
… of warfare. The main treaties are the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their three Additional …
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South Sudan: Facts and figures May 2015 - The Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement's Fundamental Principles in action
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross and …
Women & War and the issue of Sexual Violence
… Rapneau, Sexual Violence Advisor, ICRC Geneva DISCUSSION Chaired by Mr Eduardo … with all High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions and numerous armed groups for the …
Humanitarian perspectives on international security in times of mutating conflicts Geneva Centre for Peace and Security
… Geneva Centre for Peace and Security 29 May 2015, Geneva, Switzerland Speech given by Mr. Peter … the "jus in bello" framework of the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC is the living proof of …
Sri Lanka: A sustained commitment
… ICRC’s Deputy Head of Forensic Services in Geneva, Oran Finegan, highlighted the growing … ICRC’s Deputy Head of Forensic Services in Geneva, Oran Finegan, and ICRC’s Regional … 12-14 March. When States ratify the Geneva Conventions, they expressly commit themselves …
Extraterritorial targeting by means of armed drones: Some legal implications
… Committee of the Red Cross, based in Geneva. Abstract The use of “drones” has grown … Aspects, Report of Expert Meeting, Geneva, 26–28 March 2014, available at: … to Article 2 common to the four Geneva Conventions, these foundational IHL treaties …
People with disabilities in emergencies
… the core message coming out of a briefing in Geneva hosted jointly by the ICRC and Human … currently updating the Commentaries on the Geneva Conventions, which date from 1952. Through …
Understanding violence against health care: A gender perspective
… in November 2011, the States Parties to the Geneva Conventions and the Red Cross Red Crescent … in the same resolution, States party to the Geneva Conventions and the Movement are …
Detention in non-international armed conflict - Meeting of all States, 27-29 April 2015
… Meeting of All States 27-29 April 2015, Geneva, Switzerland Background document April … codified for detention in NIAC. The four Geneva Conventions – universally ratified but for the …
Remembering the Shoah: The ICRC and the international community's efforts in responding to genocide and protecting civilians
… Holocaust ICRC: Protecting civilians 1949 Conventions and Additional Protocols, and their … Commentaries Switzerland Humanitarium, Geneva 17 avenue de la paix, 1202 Genève …
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