People with disabilities in emergencies
… the core message coming out of a briefing in Geneva hosted jointly by the ICRC and Human … is currently updating the Commentaries on the Geneva Conventions, which date from 1952. Through …
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Extraterritorial targeting by means of armed drones: Some legal implications
… Committee of the Red Cross, based in Geneva. Abstract The use of “drones” has grown … Aspects, Report of Expert Meeting, Geneva, 26–28 March 2014, available at: … to Article 2 common to the four Geneva Conventions, these foundational IHL treaties …
Sri Lanka: A sustained commitment
… ICRC’s Deputy Head of Forensic Services in Geneva, Oran Finegan, highlighted the growing … ICRC’s Deputy Head of Forensic Services in Geneva, Oran Finegan, and ICRC’s Regional … 12-14 March. When States ratify the Geneva Conventions, they expressly commit themselves …
Humanitarian perspectives on international security in times of mutating conflicts Geneva Centre for Peace and Security
… Geneva Centre for Peace and Security 29 May 2015, Geneva, Switzerland Speech given by Mr. Peter … in the "jus in bello" framework of the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC is the living proof of …
Women & War and the issue of Sexual Violence
… Coline Rapneau, Sexual Violence Advisor, ICRC Geneva DISCUSSION Chaired by Mr Eduardo … with all High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions and numerous armed groups for the …
South Sudan: Facts and figures May 2015 - The Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement's Fundamental Principles in action
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
Nigeria: ECOWAS States discuss implementation of international humanitarian law
… of warfare. The main treaties are the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their three Additional …
ICRC archives to be opened, 1966-1975
… Croissant-Rouge Circulaires aux gouvernements Conventions de Genève et leur interprétation; … 022-253 ''The Course of Five Lessons on the Geneva Conventions'' de Henri Coursier … Ouvrage du professeur Umozurike : ''The Geneva Convention and Africa'' …
Hunger-striking Palestinian detainee’s life in danger
… was granted a family visit. Under the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, detainees have a … +972526019148 Sitara Jabeen (English), ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 24 78 or +41 79 536 92 …
Contemporary Challenges to Humanitarian Action, 7th Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Lecture on International Humanitarian Law
… and exclusion. For the past 150 years, the Geneva Conventions and other bodies of international … will of the parties to a conflict. The Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I …
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