Preparatory documents on Geneva Conventions now available online
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Ethiopia: facts and figures 2014
… two workshops, organized in Addis Ababa and Geneva in cooperation with prison authorities … in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross and …
South Sudan: Facts and figures February 2015 - Helping families find each other
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross and …
Sri Lanka - A year for the ICRC to expand its response
… Mr Charles Sabga, ICRC’s Legal Adviser from Geneva, Mr Sunod Jacob Matthew and Ms Supriya … Legal Adviser from Iran, presented on the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, the …
Niger: Displaced persons in Diffa region utterly destitute
… the relevant national laws and international conventions. In accordance with international … +227 96 66 99 12 Jean-Yves Clémenzo, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 22 71 or +41 79 217 32 …
ICRC activities in Bangladesh in 2014
… National IHL Committee, a workshop on the Geneva Convention Implementing Act and its …
The implementation of rules protecting the provision of health care in armed conflicts and other emergencies: A guidance tool
… humanitarian law since the initial Geneva Convention was adopted in 1864. In … on the High Contracting Parties to the 1949 Geneva Conventions, identification cards and armlets …
28th session of the Human Rights Council 2 March 2015, Geneva, Switzerland
… reflected in the adoption of various conventions on international humanitarian law …
Building momentum to improve the lives of people affected by conflict
… Maurer addresses the Human Rights Council in Geneva I am honored to address the Human Rights … reflected in the adoption of various conventions on international humanitarian law …
Unnumbered ICRC Circulars 1952-1954: “Replies of the International Committee of the Red Cross to requests for information on the Geneva Conventions and cognate questions”
… the first Commentaries to the newly adopted Geneva Conventions of 1949, it sent National Societies … Red Cross to requests for information on the Geneva Conventions and cognate questions". The …
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