Malaysia: Regional conference on Arms Trade Treaty and humanitarian law
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Strengthening international humanitarian law - Protecting persons deprived of their liberty
… Deprived of their Liberty, 27 April 2015, Geneva, Switzerland. Speech given by Mr Peter … between two or more States. The four Geneva Conventions, for example, contain more …
Detention: States discuss legal safeguards for detainees in non-international conflicts
… 27-04-2015 Geneva (ICRC) – With more and more of the … more than 100 governments are meeting in Geneva from April 27-29 to try to discuss steps … than 175 treaty articles in the four Geneva conventions regulating almost all aspects of …
Meeting of States on strengthening compliance with international humanitarian law
… 24-04-2015 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of … the fourth and final meeting of States in Geneva on 23-24 April 2015 as part of their … Its main sources are the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols as …
Strengthening compliance with IHL, Fourth Meeting of all States, 23-24 April 2015
… 23 and 24 April 2015 BACKGROUND DOCUMENT GENEVA, MARCH 2015 Contents 1. 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. … types of armed conflicts, as defined in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional …
Strengthening compliance with international humanitarian law
… with international humanitarian law, Geneva, 23 April 2015 We are gathered here … IHL mechanisms provided for in the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I …
Eritrea: Facts and Figures 2014
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross and …
A century of weapons of mass destruction: Enough!
… of the Red Cross, and through it the 1864 Geneva Convention. Similarly, the 1949 Geneva Conventions, and in particular the Fourth …
Weapons: ICRC marks Ypres chlorine gas anniversary with WMD call
… 22-04-2015 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of … The attack led to the creation of the 1925 Geneva Protocol prohibiting the use of chemical … please contact: Francis Markus, ICRC Geneva tel: +41 22 730 23 28 or +41 79 217 32 …
Health Care in Danger Report: The untold suffering
… of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 60 01 F +41 22 … care – January to December 2012, ICRC, Geneva, 2013; ICRC, Violent incidents affecting … the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross and …
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