Yemen: “A great moment of humanity” as detainees are released
… 1962 As provided in article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions , the ICRC offered its services to …
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Support project for emergency department of Pyongyang Medical College Hospital
… War, emergency preparedness, promotion of Geneva Conventions and capacity-building of the …
Speech by ICRC president addressing attacks on health-care personnel, facilities and vehicles
… care, which amount to a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions, are penalized as such in domestic …
How we are accountable to the people we help
… was given to us by states through the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional …
Humanity in a pandemic world: Young writers’ competition launched with new theme in Malaysia
… on battlefield, which then led to the first Geneva Convention in 1864. Fast forward to …
The ICRC Data Protection Commission
… Chair Me. Page studied at the Universities of Geneva and St. Gallen. He is currently a … also university lecturer at the University of Geneva as well as visiting scholar at the … As university lecturer at the University of Geneva, Me. Page teaches law and litigation in …
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, …
Global security in a polycentric world
… armed conflict, as articulated in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional …
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 …
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