Overview of ICRC activities in Tajikistan
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Request for Tender - RFT/ICRC/IOM/GVA22/00158 - 3-year Frame Agreement - Tarpaulin 4x6m & Tarpaulin roll 4x60m
… Laboratory: November 25th, 2022 at 18:00pm (Geneva time) . The closing date for submission … test results: March 15th, 2023 at 14:00pm (Geneva time). Should you have any questions … Humanitarian Law, notably the Geneva Conventions. RFT/ICRC/IOM/GVA22/00158 The …
Health Care in Danger Newsletter - December 2014
… marks the 150th anniversary of the original Geneva Convention, the first set of rules to … facilities, during armed conflict. The four Geneva Conventions of 1949 are the cornerstone of …
War in cities: Towards a holistic response
… began by underlining that all parties to the Geneva Conventions shared a responsibility for …
O, Humanitarian coordination bodies, 1921- ongoing, 127 metres of shelf space
… rédigée par Fabrizio Bensi. Règles ou conventions Inventaire conforme à la norme … on the grounds of the Parc Mon-Repos (Geneva), made available to the Institute through the City of Geneva and renovated through a grant made in …
Yemen: Annual Activity Report 2021
… In line with its mandate under the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC also engages in … In line with its mandate under the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC also engages in …
ICRC exhibition brings reality of war to Australian cities
… design and photos of the exhibition in Geneva by Sarah Roxas. All other film extracts … of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland www.icrc.org © ICRC, May … 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
Hugo Slim: ICRC partnerships, today and tomorrow, in conflict and disaster
… a twin! You share your 70th birthday with the Geneva Conventions . Both born in 1949, you two twins …
Common ethical principles of health care in conflict and other emergencies
… humanitarian law, in particular the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional …
ICRC comments on the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration
… for IHL, in line with Article 1 common to the Geneva Conventions of 1949. The migration compact … all necessary measures for their protection. Geneva, 27 March 2017 6 The ICRC’s mandate and …
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