ICRC’s Fifth IHL Arabic Writing Competition
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Policy paper: Missing migrants
… This stems from its mandate under the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional … those related to data protection. 3 The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their …
ICRC Activities in Egypt 2021
… conferred upon the organization by the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It also provided …
Peacekeeping operations: ICRC statement to the United Nations, 2015
… for IHL contained in Article 1 common to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 more operational. For …
South Sudan: Facts and figures June 2015 - Scaling up operations to meet growing needs
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
South Sudan: Facts and figures April 2015 - Providing food to the most vulnerable
… 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 …
General conditions on procurement
… be the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Geneva. The place of arbitration shall be Geneva, Switzerland. The language of the …
Somalia health news: Nearly 500,000 people received medical help in 2015
… to the conflict.” Extract from the 1st Geneva Convention, Chapter 1, Article 3, … in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
Rules of war (in a nutshell)
People have always used violence to settle disputes. And all cultures have always had the idea that there have to be limits on that violence, if we are to prevent wars from descending into barbarity. …
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