DRC: ICRC helps transport hundreds of disarmed members of government forces from Goma to Kinshasa
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Management of the Dead from the Perspectives of Islamic Law and International Humanitarian Law
… provisions of IHL – taken from the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 (GC I–IV) and their … in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red …
Israel and the occupied territories: After two months of aid blockage, humanitarian response in Gaza on verge of total collapse
… 02-05-2025 Geneva (ICRC) – The humanitarian response in … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the …
Kenya: Facts & Figures 2024
… on IHL during the commemoration of 75th Geneva Convections anniversary. COLLABORATION … the 75th anniversary of the four 1949 Geneva Conventions, the Nairobi Regional …
Message on World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
… that even our emblems, protected under the Geneva Conventions, are too often disregarded. Their …
ICRC president in first official visit to Democratic Republic of the Congo
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the … , +221 78 186 46 87 Fatima Sator, ICRC Geneva, fsator@icrc.org , +41 79 848 49 08 …
ICRC President: Respect for international humanitarian law key to breaking vicious cycle of conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
… 09-05-2025 Geneva (ICRC) — As conflict rages in the … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the …
Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC facilitates hostage release, calls for renewed and sustainable ceasefire agreement
… 12-05-2025 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the …
DRC: 1,359 disarmed members of government forces and their families have arrived safe and well in Kinshasa, with the support of the ICRC
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the …
Activity Report: ICRC in Iraq 2024
… to its mandate and mission, derived from the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional … ICRC’s oldest institutions enshrined in the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC seeks to protect …
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