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Georgia: Our work in 2018 at a glance

… exhumed, analysed and samples were sent to international laboratories for DNA analyses. … INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE CROSS meeting. Humanitarian Dialogue The Georgian Academic … OF DETAINEES International Criminal Law Moot Court Competition in The Hague. 17 …

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China: Peking University wins 17th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot for Asia-Pacific

… of pitching and defending arguments, budding lawyers from Peking University, China, won the 17th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot for Asia-Pacific …

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ICRC president: We must re-establish a “chain of responsibility” in conflict

Humanitarians are facing increasingly complex … UK; and Stephen Hopgood, SOAS professor of international relations. SOAS director … problem with the way you respect humanitarian law," said Maurer. "In many places, it's …

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Nigeria: Judges, staff of ECOWAS Community Court of Justice focus on IHL at workshop

… attended a two-day training workshop on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) on 6 March 2019 – also called the …

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Nigeria: Responding to the humanitarian needs of people affected by armed conflict in 2018

… In 2018, the ICRC continued to respond to the humanitarian needs. We carried out cash … Eloi Fillion, Head of Delegation for the International Committee of the Red Cross … AND INTERNATIONAL STAFF International human law and international human rights law among …

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2019 forensics competition

… Management of the dead? You may ask... At the International Committee of the Red Cross … Medicine, Health Sciences, Humanities and Law faculties Other learning institutions … courses such as the annual African School for Humanitarian Forensic Action National Society …

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New video explains ICRC's role in development and implementation of IHL

… IHL - The Law in Practice is a new educational video … in the development and implementation of international humanitarian law.     Using the Treaty on the …

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Libya: Facts and figures, January – December 2018

… Crescent Society (LRCS), responded to several humanitarian emergencies arising in various … the issue of the dead and the missing under International Humanitarian Law (IHL) were also organised, and five …

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Women, children, men are dying every day in Yemen. This has to stop

… and Red Crescent Movement, one of the main humanitarian actors on the ground in Yemen. As … the disrespect of fundamental humanitarian laws and principles by the parties to the … to bring pressure for better respect of international humanitarian law by the parties. …

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The law does not discriminate: Neither can we

… and that enemies are treated humanely? International humanitarian law and international human rights law hold …

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