Regional delegation in India: Lest we forget!
… to mark the 150th anniversary of the original Geneva Convention explains the basics of …
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Internment in armed conflict: Basic rules and challenges
… the most important of which are the 1949 Geneva Conventions for the protection of victims of … deprivation of liberty is prohibited”. 2 Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 …
ICRC presents record budget for 2015 to meet vastly expanding needs
… 26-11-2014 Geneva (ICRC) – For 2015, the International … Maurer, speaking at a press conference in Geneva, on the occasion of the launch of the … Protocol I Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to …
Chemical weapons use: An unacceptable repeat of history that demands attention
… the use of chemical weapons, the 1925 Geneva Protocol, which applied to inter-State …
Health Care in Danger: Community of concern
… marks the 150th anniversary of the original Geneva Convention, the first set of rules to … facilities, during armed conflict. The four Geneva Conventions of 1949 are the cornerstone of …
Strengthening Compliance with IHL – Preparatory discussion, 1-2 December 2014
… IHL 1 and 2 December 2014 BACKGROUND DOCUMENT GENEVA, OCTOBER 2014 Contents 1. Introduction … States on Strengthening Compliance with IHL, Geneva, 30 June – 1 July 2014 … of armed conflicts, as defined in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional …
Health Care in Danger Newsletter - December 2014
… marks the 150th anniversary of the original Geneva Convention, the first set of rules to … facilities, during armed conflict. The four Geneva Conventions of 1949 are the cornerstone of …
Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations, 2014
… by all States, when they ratified the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, to respect and ensure … year is the 150th anniversary of the original Geneva Convention, which was adopted to …
Protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict - Model law
… domestic law. Some of the provisions of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional … under the implementing legislation for the Geneva Conventions and/or the Rome Statute. In …
South Sudan: Facts and Figures - December 2014
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
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