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… found in Protocol I additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions on the protection of … found in Protocol I additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions on the protection of victims of …
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Respect for IHL
… "in all circumstances" (Art. 1 common to the Geneva Conventions). They must use their influence to … to armed conflict under Article 1 of the Geneva Conventions to respect and ensure …
ICRC Statement to 75th Session of UN General Assembly, Sixth Committee
… - Status of the Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the … the protection of these populations. The 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional …
Algeria: ICRC president meets with Algerian authorities
… cooperation. The 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions this year serves as a reminder of … ensuring that their dignity is respected. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional …
Fourth Meeting of Representatives of National Committees on International Humanitarian Law of Commonwealth States
… and the rule of law are embodied in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 to which all Commonwealth … ensure respect for IHL, as contained in the Geneva Conventions of 1949, recalling the …
The International Committee of the Red Cross as guardian of international humanitarian law
… Movement [6 ] and by the States party to the Geneva Conventions, that is, practically all the … the tasks incumbent upon it under the Geneva Conventions, to work for the faithful …
ICRC delegation to the African Union
… AU has observer status. ICRC headquarters, Geneva, May 1992. Salim Ahmed Salim, Secretary … Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions and Launch of IHL Ambassadors …
Russia-Ukraine international armed conflict: ICRC asks for immediate and unimpeded access to all prisoners of war
… 14-10-2022 Geneva (ICRC)—We share the frustration … who we have not been able to see. The Third Geneva Convention obliges parties to an … States have committed to respect the Geneva Conventions. Giving the ICRC access to visit …
Prohibition and punishment of torture and other forms of ill-treatment
… other forms of illtreatment derives from the Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional … and Customs of War on Land (Art. 4); the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 (GC I, Art. 12; GC …
Conference on Disarmament, 110th anniversary of the Second Hague Conference - Statement by the ICRC
… anniversary of the Second Hague Conference, Geneva. Speech by Christine Beerli, Vice … of the Russian Federation to the UN in Geneva, and Ambassador Borodavkin in … this commemoration of 110 years of the Hague Conventions, and to offer our perspective on …
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