Middle East: ICRC calls for de-escalation and protection of civilians amid rising tensions
… 13-06-2025 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
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ICRC president: Civilians will pay the price if global commitment to ban landmines allowed to fracture
… 16-06-2025 Geneva (ICRC)—The following statement is … Ban Convention (APMBC) that will begin in Geneva on 17 June. The global consensus that … law. This week, states will gather in Geneva for the intersessional meetings of the …
Russia – Ukraine: ICRC supports large-scale repatriation of human remains
… 17-06-2025 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of … Director for Europe and Central Asia in Geneva . “The repatriation of deceased … are legally required by the 1949 Geneva Conventions to search, collect and evacuate …
DRC: Health-care system on verge of collapse in North and South Kivu
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Table of National Committees and other national bodies on international humanitarian law
… IHL at the national level, particularly the Geneva Conventions, and their Additional Protocols, … of IHL instruments, such as the four Geneva Conventions and their Additional …
Ethiopia: Tens of thousands of people receive seeds and fertilizers in conflict-affected regions
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Myanmar: Rebuilding lives shattered by earthquake and armed conflict
… 27-06-2025 Geneva/Yangon (ICRC) – Three months after a … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
ICRC president: When the rules of war are applied selectively, they lose their protective power
… triggered the revision and expansion of the Geneva Conventions of 1949. What does this tell us? … for civilians living through war. The Geneva Conventions are clear: “to ensure …
International Humanitarian Law Bibliography
… humanitarian principles. The ICRC Library in Geneva contributes to this mission by … des Etats africains à l’élaboration des conventions universelles relatives au droit … to the updated ICRC commentary on the Third Geneva Convention Sean Watts. - West Point, NY …
Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC alarmed by intensification of Gaza hostilities amid decimated healthcare system
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