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Call for Applications: The 2024 Essay Competition on the topic “Digitalization of Armed Conflicts”

… were designed to protect and function, the Geneva Conventions can rise to the modern challenges … This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, a moment of recommitment …

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Africa: Cases of missing persons registered with ICRC rise 75 per cent in five years

… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

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Fana Biri posing in front of her home with her children

Jordan: International Day of the Disappeared: Supporting Syrian Families of Missing Persons

… 29-08-2024 Geneva/Amman (ICRC) – The International … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

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Man looking at images on display at Jordan's International Day of the Disappeared conference held in Amman.

International Day of the Disappeared 2024: The challenge of coordinated action in Latin America

… rights of missing persons and their families. Geneva (ICRC). On 30 August, the International … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

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Una foto de una mujer sosteniendo un retrato está apoyada sobre una silla. A los pies de la silla, unas botas y elementos de trabajo como una pala y un machete.

Sudan: Thousands of civilians trapped in fighting have nowhere safe to go

… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

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Sudan

Historical Timeline—ICRC, Geneva Conventions and the Republic of Korea

… ICRC Archives (ARR), V-P-HIST-00056 City of Geneva/ICRC/Boissonnas, V-P-HIST-00021 1862.10 … ICRC, V-P-HIST-00113 1864.8.22 First Geneva Convention adopted Convention (I) for … ICRC, V-P-HIST-02788-24 1949.8.12 Four Geneva Conventions adopted Convention (IV) relative …

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ICRC President Samuel Gonard visits the ROK

The Arms Trade Treaty must be faithfully implemented to prevent serious violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law

… A week ago, for the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, I urged the world to recommit to …

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Emblem on the side of ICRC vehicle seen through a hole in a brick wall

75th Anniversary of Geneva Conventions reaffirms relevance, calls for States to recommit

… 12 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, the cornerstone of international … and thinktanks. The 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions is marked while the world …

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Diplomatic event in Beijing to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions

Geneva Conventions 75th Anniversary: Reaffirm commitment to IHL and make it a political priority

… the event to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions held at the Swiss Embassy in …  - of the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions Vice-President Wang Ping of …

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Event to mark the 75th anniversary of Geneva Conventions

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 …

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World Humanitarian Day: ICRC President on attacks against aid workers

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