Discover IHL: IHL and China
… a seminar titled " 75 Years of the Four 1949 Geneva Conventions: International Humanitarian Law and … process of China's ratification of the Geneva Conventions and other IHL treaties. Dr. …
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ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric: “War without limits equals suffering without end”
… Special High-Level Intervention on the Geneva Conventions. Dear President, honourable members … 2024 marks the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions . These Conventions are the …
International Humanitarian Law Conference in Dublin
… to promote the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, a small team participated in this … the day focused on the next 75 years of the Geneva Conventions, exploring trends and …
China: Participants discuss how international humanitarian law fosters peace
… 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Four Geneva Conventions of 1949. On May 25, the … a seminar titled "75 Years of the Four 1949 Geneva Conventions: International Humanitarian …
ICRC 2024 Opinion Paper - How is the term "Armed Conflict" defined in international humanitarian law?
… and doctrine since the drafting of the Geneva Conventions. The 2024 Opinion Paper explains … Paper (see also the new Commentaries to Geneva Conventions and reports on "IHL and the …
How does international humanitarian law protect journalists in armed conflict situations?
… protection for journalists, given that the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols … personnel (Article 4 A (4) of the Third Geneva Convention and Article 79 of Additional …
Members of the Commonwealth and Red Cross and Crescent to discuss IHL in South Africa
… done to improve compliance in practice, the Geneva Conventions themselves are as relevant today as ever. Without the Geneva Conventions, the human cost of war would …
Cooperation in extradition and judicial assistance in criminal matters – Factsheet
… of the repression mechanism laid down in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 for serious violations of … of having committed grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949. This option is …
National implementation of IHL: Documentation
… kit - Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 Environment and warfare … Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols …
Weapons
… (in 1899). In 1925, governments adopted the Geneva Protocol, which outlaws the use of … Hague Regulations (1907) Chemical weapons Geneva Protocol (1925) Convention on the … chemical weapons (1993) Biological weapons Geneva Protocol (1925) Convention on the …
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