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… emblems are clearly set out in the law. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols … they also require each state party to the Geneva Conventions and their Additional …
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… is the story of humanitarian action, the Geneva Conventions and the birth of the International … of the Red Cross met for the first time in Geneva, Switzerland. Among its five founding …
Armed conflict in Ukraine: Families of all POWs need answers on their loved ones
… 20-05-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – As per its mandate given by the Third Geneva Convention, and in agreement with all … The nations that agreed to the Geneva Conventions committed to protecting the lives …
ICRC Explainer: What does International Law say about Universal Jurisdiction for War Crimes Committed in Non-International Armed Conflicts?
… and repress serious violations of IHL. The Geneva Conventions and Protocol I of 8 June 1977 additional to the Geneva Conventions (Additional Protocol I) …
The history of the emblems
… or wounded, on the battlefield. Back in Geneva, Henry Dunant started writing a book … and the second was the origin of the Geneva Conventions now signed by 192 States. …
The International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission – Factsheet
… Protocol I of 8 June 1977 additional to the Geneva Conventions (Protocol I) provides for the … Protocol I of 8 June 1977 additional to the Geneva Conventions (Protocol I) provides for …
In times of insecurity and conflict, states must work together to uphold and strengthen international humanitarian law
… 18-07-2024 Geneva (ICRC) – At a time when international … route of pulling away from the treaties and conventions—like the Geneva Conventions which turn 75 years old this …
South Sudan: Highlights of our work
… - DECEMBER 2018 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS: WHY THEY CONCERN TO ALL OF US Is … (partly rewritten) 70 years ago in the Geneva Conventions—a series of four …
Founding and early years of the ICRC (1863-1914)
… Public Welfare Committee in his home town of Geneva took them up and formed a working group … from a dozen countries adopted the first Geneva Convention, which put a legal framework … humanitarian law: the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their three Additional …
Guidelines for assessing the compatibility between national law and obligations under treaties of international humanitarian law
… of the Red Cross 19 Avenue de la Paix, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 6001 F+41 22 … measures required to implement the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional …
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