2008 Convention on cluster munitions - Model law
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Checklist: Domestic measures to implement the Convention on Cluster Munitions
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross … of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 60 01 …
28th session of the Human Rights Council 2 March 2015, Geneva, Switzerland
… progress reflected in the adoption of various conventions on international humanitarian law …
It is up to States Parties and the broader Convention community to defend and promote the norms of the Convention on Cluster Munitions
… Agenda item 8 – General Exchange of Views Geneva, 10th September 2024 Madame … category of weapons. Together with the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional protocols of …
Meeting of the States Parties to the Biological weapons convention - 2017
… and on their Destruction, 4–8 December 2017, Geneva. Statement by the ICRC Efforts to … prohibit biological weapons through the 1925 Geneva Protocol and the Biological Weapons … States still holding reservations to the Geneva Protocol to withdraw them, since the …
IHL course for humanitarian practitioners and policy-makers in Geneva – 21-24 October 2019
… edition. Switzerland ICRC Headquarter, Geneva 17 avenue de la paix, 1202 Geneva …
Checklist: Domestic measures to implement the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
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Meeting of the States Parties to the 1972 Biological weapons convention, December 2015
… on Their Destruction, 14-18 December 2015, Geneva. Statement by the ICRC. The …
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 …
ICRC Statement to the Seventh Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions
… to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, Geneva, Switzerland. Address by Dr Helen … must not be cause for complacency. Here in Geneva, the grievous harm caused by cluster …
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