ICRC Somalia detention activities 2015
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Thailand: 2014 highlights from the region
… to discover - including the full text of the Geneva Conventions and other useful links to our main Geneva-based resources. Readers can also enjoy …
Autonomous weapon systems: Is it morally acceptable for a machine to make life and death decisions?
… Weapons Systems (LAWS), 13 - 17 April 2015, Geneva. Statement of the ICRC Thank you Mr … States party to Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions. The ICRC encourages States that …
Identifying the dead: Why the ICRC is increasing its forensic expertise in Africa
… discussion but also enshrined under all four Geneva Conventions. Stephen, on your side, what …
ICRC vice-president: "States must follow letter and spirit of IHL"
… set out under Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions, and which the ICRC is expected to …
South Sudan: Facts and figures April 2015 - Providing food to the most vulnerable
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
A licence to kill for autonomous weapons?
… possibility? A five-day long conference in Geneva has been looking at just such issues. …
Health Care in Danger Report: The untold suffering
… of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 60 01 F +41 … health care – January to December 2012, ICRC, Geneva, 2013; ICRC, Violent incidents … 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
Weapons: ICRC marks Ypres chlorine gas anniversary with WMD call
… 22-04-2015 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of … The attack led to the creation of the 1925 Geneva Protocol prohibiting the use of … please contact: Francis Markus, ICRC Geneva tel: +41 22 730 23 28 or +41 79 217 32 …
A century of weapons of mass destruction: Enough!
… of the Red Cross, and through it the 1864 Geneva Convention. Similarly, the 1949 Geneva Conventions, and in particular the Fourth …
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