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Evaluation of Innovation at the ICRC 2018-2023

… Networks to Identify Missing Persons, Autonomous RFL Services in Deportation, and … that provided efficiencies (e.g. the Autonomous Restoring Family Links (RFL) service … led to improved efficiencies (eg the Autonomous Restoring Family Links (RFL) service …

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The ICRC appeals for 2.8 billion Swiss Francs for its operations in 2023

… rapidly developing, with cyber operations, autonomous weapons, and the use of outer space … crisis, including surgical teams, experts in weapon contamination and other specialists. … rehabilitation, health in detention ●● Weapon contamination PREVENTION Preventing …

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How does law protect in war?

… Chapter 9 33 very nature of the effects of a weapon and at the same time for any type of … IV’s applicability to the occupied and autonomous Palestinian territories 17. The IHL … of the Fourth Geneva Convention to the autonomous Palestinian territories 6. Role of …

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International expert meeting report: The principle of proportionality

… van den Boogaard, “Proportionality and Autonomous Weapons Systems”, Amsterdam Law … if the enemy is only expected to use this weapon at a later stage in the conflict and not … by the drafters, such as applying IHL to autonomous weapons, a dynamic interpretation is …

Law and policy topic

ICRC operational response to COVID-19 in the Asia-Pacific

… evacuations and health-care assistance to weapon-wounded civilians. Our commitment to … –– Ministry of Health (Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao - BARMM) … Region) Del Sur Cotabato City Maguindanao Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) …

Law and policy topic

Generating respect for the law: The need for persistence and imagination

… February 2016). 81. See ICRC, ‘Dialogue with weapon bearers’, available at: … what-we-do/building-respect-ihl/dialogue-weapon-bearers (consulted on 17 February 2016). … 96, No 894, 2014, 427-434, p. 433; ICRC, ‘Autonomous weapon systems: Is it morally …

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National Committees and Similar Entities on International Humanitarian Law: Guidelines for Success

… National human rights institutions have an autonomous and independent status not only …

Law and policy topic

South Sudan management frameworks and social assessment

… the authorities, armed forces and other weapon bearers. It works with and supports the … well as essential hospital support services. Weapon wounded patients or other trauma cases … the CPA, from 2005-2011, South Sudan was an autonomous region within Sudan. South Sudan is …

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Council of the EU calls for better protection in humanitarian aid

… (with others): interaction that permits autonomous but orchestrated action that avoids … the authorities in question, who might be: – weapon bearers, including security forces … ICRC  Civilians and combatants, or other weapon bearers, who are hors de combat or are …

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Strengthening compliance with IHL, Fourth Meeting of all States, 23-24 April 2015

… binding the Movement - The distinct and autonomous character of the two bodies b) In … stressed by some that the distinct and autonomous character of the Meeting of States … relevant in that regard:  The distinct and autonomous character of the Meeting of States …

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