Humanity in a pandemic world: Young writers’ competition launched with new theme in Malaysia
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Report - Fifth Meeting of Representatives of National IHL Committees of Commonwealth Countries
… Anne Quintin, Head of Advisory Services, ICRC Geneva, noted that the need to support better … of Additional Protocols I and II to the 1949 Geneva Conventions as a time to encourage formal …
Reducing Suffering During Armed Conflict: The Interface Between Buddhism and IHL
… “the law of armed conflict”– is formed by the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols. … warfare. The core of IHL is comprised of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, which have …
The importance of preserving a neutral humanitarian space for conflict affected populations
… it by all the States who are signatory of the Geneva Conventions. This role allows us to monitor, …
Catalogue of publications and films in Arabic
… law (IHL) and Islamic law that was held in Geneva, at the headquarters of the … واملطبوعـة. Commentary on the First Geneva Convention This flyer promotes the … اإلضافيين Basic Rules of the Geneva Conventions and Their Additional Protocols …
ICRC leads discussion on the management of scarce water resources during protracted armed conflict
… conflict? 17 Customary IHL, Study Rule 87; Geneva Convention IV, Article 3; Additional … 4(1). 18 Customary IHL, Study Rule 55; Geneva Convention IV, Article 23; Additional … water supplies to breaking point, ICRC, Geneva, 2015a. ICRC, Urban services during …
Egypt: Facts and Figures Jan - Dec 2019
… conferred upon the organization by the Geneva Conventions of 1949. In 1983, the ICRC … Cross and Red Crescent, held in December in Geneva. 2 ERC staff members participated in …
ICRC appeal to fund its operations in 2021
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross … by contributions from states party to the Geneva Conventions, supranational set for the …
ICRC President statement on 150th Anniversary of the St Petersburg Declaration
… inter-war period of the 20th century, to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the disarmament … dialogue and breaches of widely accepted conventions. The ICRC is a neutral, impartial, …
Humanitarian situation and ICRC action in Colombia
… with an uncle. Protocol II additional to the Geneva Conventions Article 4.2.e.: [T]he following … Protocol II additional to the Geneva Conventions, articles 7, 9.1 and 14 …
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