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Safeguarding health care: The role of Geneva’s permanent missions

… be strengthened. What role can Geneva as a humanitarian hub play in implementing these … Humanitarian Affairs Segment, and the International Conference of the Red Cross and … the continued relevance of international law – including international humanitarian law

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2017 Zimbabwe national IHL moot court competition

… co-hosts the annual Zimbabwe National International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Court Competition with the High …

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The implementation of rules protecting the provision of health care in armed conflicts and other emergencies: A guidance tool

… and appropriate sanctions in light of their international obligations for protecting the … emblems protected under international humanitarian law (IHL) and of other signs to identify …

Law and policy topic

Protected persons: The wounded, the sick and health-care providers

… That principle remained the core of international humanitarian law as it extended to other aspects of war and …

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ICRC Health care providers with patient

Ethiopia: Addressing the needs of vulnerable communities in 2018

… physical rehabilitation services   Provided international humanitarian law training to 240 division and regiment …

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Japan: Experts gather in Nagasaki to discuss rules of war vis-à-vis real conflict situations

… discuss and share experiences related to the international humanitarian law (IHL), which is applicable to armed …

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Understanding violence against health care: A gender perspective

… Annex I: International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights …

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Women, Peace, and Security: Towards the 25th anniversary of resolution 1325

… given by Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross. UNSC … The ICRC is also acutely aware that humanitarian responses that fail to take gender … for action: One, International humanitarian law lies at the heart of protecting all victims …

Law and policy topic

War in Cities: an African perspective

…   To discuss humanitarian concerns about, and challenges … and policy? How could the main local and international entities involved best work … respect for international humanitarian law (IHL). "In Africa – like other parts of the …

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Updated Commentary on the Geneva Conventions of August 12 1949. Volume I

… its Commentaries on these important humanitarian treaties. To promote a better … of, and respect for, this body of law, the ICRC commissioned a comprehensive … First Convention is a foundational text of international humanitarian law. It contains the …

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Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.