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National legislation on the use and protection of the emblem - Model law
… Scope of protection Having regard to: • the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, their Additional … in conformity with the requirements of the Geneva Conventions, their two 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 …
Cultural property
… by the 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions, the Rome Statute of the … 1999 Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 – Art. 53 Protocol II …
Statute of the International Criminal Court – Article 8
… crimes " means: (a) Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of … under the provisions of the relevant Geneva Convention: (i) Wilful killing; (ii) …
The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction: ICRC statement to the United Nations, 2017
… through criminal sanctions. The 1949 Geneva Conventions provide the obligation for States … trial. Protocol I of 1977 additional to the Geneva Conventions extends this obligation to …
UN General Assembly 80th session: Statement at the Sixth Committee on the scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction
… High Contracting Parties to the 1949 Geneva Conventions are obligated to search for … in the territory of that State. The Geneva Conventions also require High …
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 …
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 …
Counter-terrorism and IHL: Challenges to caring for wounded and sick on battlefield
… two years later to adoption of the First Geneva Convention of 1864, the genesis of … required by the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions on the one hand. And second, to …
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