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Safeguarding Essential Services: Addressing Indirect Effects of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas

… Better Approach to Assisting Affected People, Geneva, 2015; ICRC, Explosive Weapons With … Effects: A Deadly Choice in Populated Areas, Geneva, 2022; ICRC, War in Cities: Preventing … in Annex I of the First and Fourth Geneva Conventions. 2.5.3.Enable safe access to the …

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Mozambique: improving access to housing and health for displaced people

… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …

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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 …

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Colombia: ICRC calls for special agreements to be adopted as part of negotiations with armed groups

… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

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How misinformation and disinformation harm ICRC’s humanitarian work in Burkina Faso

… to the ICRC by all state signatories to the Geneva Conventions, and we frequently acknowledge and …

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Status update: The ICRC’s legal standing explained

… a mandate, as set out in particular in the Geneva Conventions and its Additional Protocols, to …

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Aide-mémoire: How to maintain the civilian and humanitarian character of sites and settlements

… Sudan, and included a one-day workshop in Geneva on 20 April 2017 wherein the UN … Rule 14. On the principle of precaution, see Geneva Convention IV, Art. 18(5); AP I, Art … principle of distinction.11 8 CIHL, Rule 5. 9 Geneva Convention III (GC III), Art 4; AP I, …

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Egypt: Facts and figures, January – December 2018

… conferred upon the organization by the Geneva Conventions. In 1983, the ICRC formalized its … of the Dead, both held in the ICRC HQ in Geneva. Al-Azhar and ICRC have advanced in …

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Our work in Viet Nam

… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …

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South Sudan: Helping communities stand on their feet again

… in 1863, t he ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …

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