Ready-to-use workshop on sexual violence in armed conflict
… protect in war?" allows students to apply the Geneva Conventions to concrete issues related to … How does law protect in war?, 3rd. ed., ICRC, Geneva, 2011, also available online at: …
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… LAW TREATY LAW People protected by the four Geneva Conventions of 1949: • the wounded and the sick on land (First Geneva Convention) • the wounded, the sick and …
Bringing IHL Home: Guidelines on the National Implementation of International Humanitarian Law
… Advisory Service at the ICRC headquarters in Geneva: Advisory Service on IHL, International … of the Red Cross, 19 avenue de la Paix, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland Tel.: +41 22 734 6001 … are not yet party”. (OP4) The four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and their …
Russia-Ukraine: ICRC ready to visit all prisoners of war but access must be granted
… 16-10-2022 Geneva (ICRC) - A team of 11 staff of the … to treat them humanely in line with the Geneva Conventions and to give the ICRC access to all …
Internally displaced persons and international humanitarian law – Factsheet
… are to be found mainly in the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention (GC IV) and the 1977 … into Practice: A Stocktaking Exercise, Geneva, 2016, at … The High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Additional Protocol I …
Humanitarian emergencies, international humanitarian law and security risk management in the Asia Pacific
… year also marks the 70th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions of 1949. Universally ratified, the Geneva Conventions represent the bedrock of …
Statute of the International Criminal Court – Article 8
… viii. b. i. ii. iii. Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of … under the provisions of the relevant Geneva Convention: Wilful killing; Torture or …
The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction: ICRC statement to the United Nations, 2017
… punished 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 …
The obligation to disseminate international humanitarian law – Factsheet
… When the States become parties to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional … this a rule of customary law. All four 1949 Geneva Conventions use virtually identical …
Strengthening Compliance with IHL – Preparatory discussion, December 2013
… December 16 and 17, 2013 BACKGROUND DOCUMENT GENEVA, NOVEMBER 2013 Contents 1. Introduction … States on Strengthening Compliance with IHL, Geneva, June 17-18, 2013 … addition to States parties to the 1949 Geneva Conventions. The International Conference is …
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