Colombia: Humanitarian situation and ICRC activities
… 2014 8 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 57 58 59 2014: Geneva Conventions, 150 years of humanitarian action … IHL HAS TO SAY Protocol II additional to the Geneva Conventions Article 10. General …
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From our archives: The First World War
… ICRC Library / RR / hist-e-05302 Switzerland, Geneva, 1915. Civilians who have fled fighting … the International Prisoners of War Agency in Geneva, which centralized information and … ICRC Library / RR / R. Gilly / hist-01144-05 Geneva. A train passes through Switzerland on …
Penal Repression: Punishing War Crimes
… are addressed: war crimes and the 1949 Geneva Conventions; grave breaches must be punished; … regarded as war crimes. War crimes and the Geneva Conventions Many of the rules relating …
The Protection of the Red Cross, Red Crescent and Red Crystal Emblems
… the protection of the emblems under the 1949 Geneva Conventions and the Additional Protocols; … The use of the emblems is governed by the Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional …
Means of personal identification
… combatants and protected persons. The 1949 Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I of 1977 … the protection that is their due. The 1949 Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I …
Fighting violations of humanitarian law
… that of the USA, on the relevance of the Geneva Conventions and on how governments could …
65th Anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
… in 1948 and, a year later, of the four Geneva Conventions, the international community … Beyond the universal acceptance of the Geneva Conventions and the obvious need for …
Advanced Training Course in International Humanitarian Law
… ICRC’s new conference and visitors' centre in Geneva, from 4-7 November 2013. Experts from … such as updating the Commentaries to the Geneva Conventions, collaborating on the ICRC …
Detention in non-international armed conflict – First thematic consultation of government experts, January 2014.
… it comes to international armed conflict, the Geneva Conventions are largely dedicated to … different contexts in mind. Some, like the Geneva Conventions, Common Article 3 and …
The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols
… The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols are … shipwrecked troops, prisoners of war). The Geneva Conventions – one of humanity's most important …
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