'Whether Afghanistan, Syria or Ukraine: IHL is the line between barbarity and our common humanity' - ICRC President Peter Maurer
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A global contract of humanity
… good contained in the universally ratified Geneva Conventions and in the UN Charter – a …
ICRC activities in Bangladesh in 2014
… National IHL Committee, a workshop on the Geneva Convention Implementing Act and its …
Helping detainees
… with a unique mandate granted by the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, we …
Preliminary recommendations on possible norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviours relating to threats by States to space systems
… of the First Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions (as amended on 30 November 1993) … Risks, and Possible Solutions, ICRC, Geneva, 2022. 4 Recommendation 5: States …
ICRC appeal to fund critical operations in 2017
… contributions from States party to the Geneva Conventions, National Red Cross and Red … in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red …
Catalogue of publications and films in Arabic
… law (IHL) and Islamic law that was held in Geneva, at the headquarters of the … واملطبوعـة. Commentary on the First Geneva Convention This flyer promotes the … اإلضافيين Basic Rules of the Geneva Conventions and Their Additional Protocols …
Egypt: Facts and Figures Jan - Dec 2019
… conferred upon the organization by the Geneva Conventions of 1949. In 1983, the ICRC … Cross and Red Crescent, held in December in Geneva. 2 ERC staff members participated in …
ICRC appeal to fund its operations in 2021
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross … by contributions from states party to the Geneva Conventions, supranational set for the …
Ethical principles of health care in conflict and emergencies
… consensus, which led to the first Geneva Convention of 1864. Today, this …
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