Niger: Humanitarian law manual for armed forces
… armed forces training. Niger is party to the Geneva Conventions and to most other humanitarian law … +227 96 66 99 12 Claire Aude Kaplun, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 31 49 or +41 79 244 64 …
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Arms Trade Treaty: Newest addition to international humanitarian law discussed at Malaysia regional conference
… 24-03-2015 Kuala Lumpur / Geneva (ICRC) – The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) – … Red Cross and Red Crescent in December in Geneva, Switzerland. This is where all States party to the 1949 Geneva Conventions – the cornerstone of IHL – will …
Joint position of the ICRC and the International Federation on the placing of ketamine under international control
… ,,. • our IT) ove s’~ RO. Box 372, CH-121i Geneva 19 Tel.: +41 (0)22 730 4222 Fax.: +41 … www.ifrtorg 19, avenue de Ia Paix, CH-1202 Geneva Tel.: +41 (0)22 734 6001 Fax.: +41 (0)22 … own initiative or on the ba 5 ot the Geneva Conventions, to bring protection and assistance …
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 …
Prevention and Criminal Repression of Rape and Other Forms of Sexual Violence During Armed Conflicts
… no international treaty, including the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional … of such acts can be found in the four Geneva Conventions (GC I, II, III and IV) of …
South Sudan: Facts and figures March 2015 - Promoting the laws that protect civilians in conflict
… on IHL, the core of which is set out in the Geneva Conventions but which is also a part of the … in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red …
Wars without limits are wars without end.
… which limits? For the past 150 years, the Geneva Conventions and other bodies of international … fundamentals that lie at the heart of the Geneva Conventions. This global social contract …
Unnumbered ICRC Circulars 1952-1954: “Replies of the International Committee of the Red Cross to requests for information on the Geneva Conventions and cognate questions”
… the first Commentaries to the newly adopted Geneva Conventions of 1949, it sent National Societies … Red Cross to requests for information on the Geneva Conventions and cognate questions". The …
28th session of the Human Rights Council 2 March 2015, Geneva, Switzerland
… reflected in the adoption of various conventions on international humanitarian law …
Building momentum to improve the lives of people affected by conflict
… Maurer addresses the Human Rights Council in Geneva I am honored to address the Human Rights … reflected in the adoption of various conventions on international humanitarian law …
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