Armenia: Operational highlights for the first half of 2024
… IHL dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions. ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 15,450 …
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Voices from Within: A decade of questions racing through the minds of war surgeons in the Middle East and North Africa
… Regional Affairs cell in Beirut, edited in Geneva, then laid out and translated into … soldiers, and in 1863, he and his peers in Geneva founded the International Committee for … with and apply the provisions of the Geneva Conventions, i.e. that they care for members of …
Explosive weapons in populated areas: Technical considerations relevant to their use and effects
… munitions are prohibited by international conventions. However, not all states have adhered to these conventions. Still, these weapons remain as a … Presentation at ICRC EWPA Experts Meeting, Geneva, February, 2015. Armament Research …
Evaluation of Innovation at the ICRC 2018-2023
… supporting. The team was based solely in Geneva for the majority of the evaluation … entities, included the University of Geneva, École Polytechnique Fédérale de … ICRC, Virtual Reality & Innovation, ICRC, Geneva, 2020. 22. ALNAP, Assessing the promise …
As local as possible, as international as necessary
… as mandated by the States party to the 1949 Geneva Conventions, it is the promoter and custodian … instruments of IHL including the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional …
ICRC launches a new fund to support long-term climate and environment initiatives
… 1863, the ICRC laid the foundations for the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross and … of the Red Cross 19 avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva Switzerland www.icrc.org © ICRC, 2022 …
Mexico: Annual Report 2020
… affected When States become parties to the Geneva Conventions, recognized standards and domestic … academics took part on the relevance of the Geneva Conventions, on in a refresher seminar …
The Potential Human Cost of the Use of Weapons in Outer Space and the Protection Afforded by International Humanitarian Law
… in the 1977 Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, as well as in customary … of Contemporary Armed Conflicts, ICRC, Geneva, 2019, p. 27. 9 UN General Assembly, UN …
Israel and the occupied territories: Addressing misconceptions and false information
… humanitarian law (IHL) with the fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 that specifically …
Australia: The "costs" of principled humanitarian action
… in International Humanitarian Law – the Geneva Conventions and the Additional Protocols – …
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