Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention: statement by the ICRC, 2016
… of chemical weapons – enshrined in the 1925 Geneva Protocol and the CWC – is a rule of …
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Ottawa Convention: "2025 was the aspirational deadline for achieving a mine‑free world. We still have a long way to go”
… and Their Destruction. 21 November 2022, Geneva. Mr President, Excellencies, Ladies and …
ICRC Vice President Gilles Carbonnier addresses prohibition of use, stockpiling, production and transfer of anti-personnel mines at Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
… of the ICRC — 16 November 2020, Geneva Eighteenth Meeting of the States …
ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric: A human life is a human life
… media briefing on the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric … life instead of justifying death The Geneva Conventions are the foundational …
Rules of IHL are not just suggestions: Senior minister of state
… This year marks 70 years since the four Geneva Conventions were universally adopted by States … to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. Credit: Singapore Red …
Practising humanity in changing conflict
… a keynote address celebrating 70 years of the Geneva Conventions at the Australian National … 2019 – the 70th Anniversary year of the Four Geneva Conventions agreed by States in 1949. …
Australia: Challenges for IHL in a changing world
… Professor Marco Sassòli of the University of Geneva joins Netta Goussac, ICRC Regional …
ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric: The world must recommit to the framework for armed conflict that follows the premise of protecting life
… media briefing on the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions The Geneva Conventions are the foundational …
War and international humanitarian law
… armed conflict for humanitarian reasons. The Geneva Conventions and the Hague Conventions are the … a blind eye. The cornerstone of IHL is the Geneva Conventions. The first was signed by 16 …
Protected persons: Prisoners of war and detainees
… The Third Geneva Convention protects prisoners of war. … law: 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 …
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