Dialogue with the past: the ICRC and the Nazi death camps
… prisoners of war not protected by the 1929 Geneva Convention. The draft was the subject of … the work that led to the adoption of the Geneva Convention relative to the protection of …
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Practical advice for the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict - Guidelines
… 1. 1977 Protocols additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions 1.1 National measures of … armed conflicts) additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 for the protection …
New weapons - Factsheet
… found in Protocol I additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions on the protection of … found in Protocol I additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions on the protection of victims of …
The International Committee of the Red Cross as guardian of international humanitarian law
… Movement [6 ] and by the States party to the Geneva Conventions, that is, practically all the … the tasks incumbent upon it under the Geneva Conventions, to work for the faithful …
International humanitarian law and the protection of war victims
… An introduction", Henry Dunant Institute, Geneva/Paul Haupt Publishers, Bern, 1993. … of international humanitarian law, with the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols as …
The United Nations and International Humanitarian Law: The International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations' involvement in the implementation of international humanitarian law
… fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations, Geneva, 19-21 October 1995. Paper presented by … Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva. Several reports presented at this … the two Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions.[6 ] Closer to our time are the …
The Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross: Commentary
… humanitarian law, mainly embodied in the Geneva Conventions for the protection of the victims … 1. Jean Pictet: Red Cross Principles, Geneva, 1956. (Translated from the French, Les …
The Geneva Conventions and their Commentaries
… The 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols are … Highlights Updated Commentary on the First Geneva Convention Updated Commentary on the … Fourth Geneva Convention What are the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols? The …
Protected persons: Prisoners of war and detainees
… The Third Geneva Convention protects prisoners of war. It … Prisoners of war and detainees The Third Geneva Convention provides a wide range of … Article 3 common to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol II provide …
Detention
… The Third Geneva Convention protects prisoners of war. It … conflict. Detention and the law The Third Geneva Convention provides a wide range of … conflicts, Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions, together with Additional Protocol …
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