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Request For Launching Framework Agreement for Power Generators
… is: December 14th, 2022 at 18:00 Hrs (Geneva time) Should you have any question, … INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS Geneva, November 22, 2022 ANNEX 1 – POWER … Humanitarian Law, notably the Geneva Conventions. The ICRC is operating a fleet of …
Sri Lanka: Newsletter, January-June 2016
… Centre, with the technical assistance of the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian …
Our work in Armenia in 2017
… Based on its mandate enshrined in the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC has special prerogatives … in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red …
From law to (regional) action: Regional reports on the implementation of international humanitarian law
… Conference of the Cross Red and Red Crescent (Geneva, December 2019). Implementing … Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (Geneva, December 2019). Implementing IHL, …
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
… Department of International Law and Policy in Geneva can provide guidance on implementing … in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
Sri Lanka: Operational update, January – August 2015
… students; supported the translations of the Geneva Conventions into local languages in close …
Ethiopia: Facts and figures January to June 2015
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
Education programmes for young people
… pacifying effect. States party to the Geneva Conventions are required, both in peacetime …
Tribal Violence in Papua New Guinea
… Traditional limit in fights Just like the Geneva Conventions, Highland communities have their …
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