Our response to needs in Jordan in 2016
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Islamic Law and International Humanitarian Law: Common principles of the two legal systems
… of International Humanitarian Law and the Geneva Conventions . Thus, the similarities between … is also the initiator of the idea of the Geneva Conventions, which are the basis of …
Symposium on Cybersecurity and Data Protection in Humanitarian Action
… 1863, the ICRC has been at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross and … responses in Ukraine and Russia from Geneva. She holds a Master’s in human rights …
Sri Lanka: A sustained commitment
… ICRC’s Deputy Head of Forensic Services in Geneva, Oran Finegan, highlighted the growing … ICRC’s Deputy Head of Forensic Services in Geneva, Oran Finegan, and ICRC’s Regional … 12-14 March. When States ratify the Geneva Conventions, they expressly commit themselves …
Kenya, Djibouti and Tanzania: Facts and Figures 2021
… of the updated commentary to the fourth Geneva Convention. • 3 lecturers from Kenya …
Report: Protracted conflict and humanitarian action
… International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva. International Committee of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 60 01 F +41 22 … 9 of the First, Second and Third Geneva Conventions and Article 10 of the Fourth …
Health care and violence: The need for effective protection
… of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 60 01 F +41 22 … in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross and …
Migration: Speech by ICRC president to Council of Europe
… their obligation per common article 1 of the Geneva Conventions. One means to do so is to provide …
The International Committee of the Red Cross in Greece, 2016-2023: Brief review of activities
… of the Additional Protocols to the 1949 Geneva Conventions was coorganized together with the … co-organized by the ICRC and the Geneva Academy. Workshop on IHL (Athens War …
The potential human cost of cyber operations
… ICRC EXPERT MEETING 14–16 NOVEMBER 2018 – GENEVA REPORT THE POTENTIAL HUMAN COST OF CYBER … ICRC EXPERT MEETING 14–16 NOVEMBER 2018 – GENEVA THE POTENTIAL HUMAN COST OF CYBER … a fourth additional protocol to the Geneva Conventions, focused on regulating cyber …
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