National implementation of IHL: Ratification kits
… , model declaration of acceptance 4 - Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 , model instruments …
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Protected persons
… and objects during armed conflict. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols … cannot be done during an armed conflict. The Geneva Conventions are at the core of this law. …
Obligations in terms of penal repression - Factsheet
… repression of serious violations in the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 (GC I–IV), their Additional … repression of serious violations in the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 (GC I–IV), their …
How is the term "armed conflict" defined in international humanitarian law?
… conflict. The States parties to the 1949 Geneva Conventions have entrusted the ICRC, through … in the meaning of common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and …
Eighth periodic report on the implementation of international humanitarian law at the level of Arab States 2015 - 2018
… of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 60 01 F +41 22 … the international humanitarian law-related conventions signed/ratified/acceded to by Arab … celebrating the 70th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, and the 20th …
International humanitarian law and the protection of war victims
… An introduction", Henry Dunant Institute, Geneva/Paul Haupt Publishers, Bern, 1993. … of international humanitarian law, with the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols as …
History of the ICRC
… the development of humanitarian action, the Geneva Conventions and the Red Cross and Red Crescent … met for the first time in February 1863 in Geneva, Switzerland. Among its five members was …
Falklands / Malvinas: The ICRC’s role, 30 years on
… on each person, in compliance with the Third Geneva Convention, and provided copies to the … to the Argentine government. Under the 1949 Geneva Conventions, all parties to a conflict – in …
International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law: Similarities and Differences
… in international armed conflict are the four Geneva IHL is a set of international rules, … and means of warfare of their choice. Conventions of 1949 and their Additional … armed conflict are article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol II …
China: Seminar Explores Contemporary Development of Law of Armed Conflict at Sea
… ICRC's updated commentaries project on the Geneva Conventions. PHOTO: Tongji University The … of the updated commentary on the Second Geneva Conventions. Marwa Shabbar, Head of the …
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