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Chair’s Summary Report of State Expert Meeting on IHL: Protecting the Natural Environment in Armed Conflict

… mentioned in this respect included the Geneva Conventions (1949) and their Additional … zone referred to throughout the agenda is Geneva time (CET). 24 January 2023 (online) …

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Double jeopardy – during and after conflict: The human cost of weapon contamination in Asia-Pacific

… [ Mental Health Atlas 2017. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018. …

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Regional delegation in India: Lest we forget!

… mark the 150th anniversary of the original Geneva Convention explains the basics of …

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Waiting for news: The ongoing struggle and resilience of families who lost loved ones in the Russia-Ukraine Armed Conflict

… through correspondence under the Geneva Conventions and to await a potential prisoner …

Women & War and the issue of Sexual Violence

… Rapneau, Sexual Violence Advisor, ICRC Geneva DISCUSSION Chaired by Mr Eduardo … with all High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions and numerous armed groups for the …

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Moveability Liquidation

… for Physical Therapy (WCPT) Congress in Geneva in May. An URCMHS staff member completed … attendance to the WCPT Congress, held in Geneva. PHYSICAL REHABILITATION ENTITY • … or ratified several disability-related conventions. It ratified the UNCRPD in 2008 and …

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Digital Dilemmas Dialogue #9 - Digital identities: Protecting people’s data

… includes States that are signatories of the Geneva Conventions, we adopted a resolution on the … réunit les États du monde, signataire des Conventions de Genève et le Mouvement de la …

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Our work in Armenia in 2018

… Based on its mandate enshrined in the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC has special prerogatives …

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Inclusive programming in ICRC operations: Final assessment report

… assessments was the importance of formed in Geneva to address this issue and has providing … alignment with the relevant clauses in the Geneva Conventions, their commentaries and ICRC …

Report

Key findings on supporting and strengthening work with relatives of missing persons

… of the Red Cross 19, Avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland … Persons: A Handbook for Parliamentarians, Geneva, 2009, available at: … Persons: A Handbook for Parliamentarians, Geneva, 2009; ICRC, Accompanying the Families …

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