Eritrea: Facts and Figures 2014
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Strengthening compliance with international humanitarian law
… with international humanitarian law, Geneva, 23 April 2015 We are gathered here … individual IHL mechanisms provided for in the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I have …
Strengthening compliance with IHL, Fourth Meeting of all States, 23-24 April 2015
… 23 and 24 April 2015 BACKGROUND DOCUMENT GENEVA, MARCH 2015 Contents 1. 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. … types of armed conflicts, as defined in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional …
Meeting of States on strengthening compliance with international humanitarian law
… 24-04-2015 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of … the fourth and final meeting of States in Geneva on 23-24 April 2015 as part of their … grounds. Its main sources are the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols as …
Detention: States discuss legal safeguards for detainees in non-international conflicts
… 27-04-2015 Geneva (ICRC) – With more and more of the … from more than 100 governments are meeting in Geneva from April 27-29 to try to discuss … than 175 treaty articles in the four Geneva conventions regulating almost all aspects of …
Strengthening international humanitarian law - Protecting persons deprived of their liberty
… Deprived of their Liberty, 27 April 2015, Geneva, Switzerland. Speech given by Mr Peter … conflict between two or more States. The four Geneva Conventions, for example, contain more than …
Malaysia: Regional conference on Arms Trade Treaty and humanitarian law
… the interpretation of Common Article 1 to the Geneva Conventions". …
Remembering the Shoah: The ICRC and the international community's efforts in responding to genocide and protecting civilians
… The Holocaust ICRC: Protecting civilians 1949 Conventions and Additional Protocols, and … Commentaries Switzerland Humanitarium, Geneva 17 avenue de la paix, 1202 Genève …
Detention in non-international armed conflict - Meeting of all States, 27-29 April 2015
… Meeting of All States 27-29 April 2015, Geneva, Switzerland Background document April … been codified for detention in NIAC. The four Geneva Conventions – universally ratified but for the …
Understanding violence against health care: A gender perspective
… in November 2011, the States Parties to the Geneva Conventions and the Red Cross Red Crescent … in the same resolution, States party to the Geneva Conventions and the Movement are …
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