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 …
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Launch of IHL Handbook for Malaysian Parliamentarians
… Affairs and Parliament of Malaysia The Geneva Conventions of 1949 are at the core of … and by regulating weapons and their use. The Geneva Conventions provide specific rules for …
The United Nations and International Humanitarian Law: The International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations' involvement in the implementation of international humanitarian law
… fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations, Geneva, 19-21 October 1995. Paper presented by … Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva. Several reports presented at this … of the two Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions.[6 ] Closer to our time are the …
World Peace Forum: ICRC calls for multilateral cooperation and new approaches to conflict prevention and resolution
… can work is found in the universally ratified Geneva Conventions. Adopted in 1949, the Conventions … Law is crucial in times of conflict. The Geneva Conventions also gave a clear mandate …
Persons protected under IHL
… people and objects during armed conflict. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols … well as civilians and civilian objects. The Geneva Conventions have their origin in the …
Law and Policy
… situations of violence. The rules of war Geneva Conventions: The set of rules we all agree on Highlights Geneva Conventions and the law The rules of …
ICRC Statement: UN General Assembly Sixth Committee
… the status of the Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the … the status of the additional protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 relating …
Civilians protected under international humanitarian law
… of the international community was the Fourth Geneva Convention adopted in 1949. Before 1949 the Geneva Conventions protected wounded, sick, …
Topics, debates and disarmament
… law is at the core of our mandate under the Geneva Conventions. IHL in action IHL in action: … century, culminating in treaties such as the Geneva Conventions. Key principles include …
Penal Repression: Punishing War Crimes
… are addressed: war crimes and the 1949 Geneva Conventions; grave breaches must be punished; … regarded as war crimes. War crimes and the Geneva Conventions Many of the rules relating …
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