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 … protection of these populations. The 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional …
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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 …
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 …
Ready-to-use workshop on sexual violence in armed conflict
… in war?" allows students to apply the Geneva Conventions to concrete issues related to … does law protect in war?, 3rd. ed., ICRC, Geneva, 2011, also available online at: …
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 …
Prohibition and punishment of torture and other forms of ill-treatment
… other forms of illtreatment derives from the Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional Protocols … Customs of War on Land (Art. 4); the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 (GC I, Art. 12; GC …
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 …
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 …
Protected persons: Internally displaced persons
… more What the law says Treaty law Fourth Geneva Convention, 1949 – art. 44, 45, 49, 70 Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 – Art. 73, 85 Protocol II …
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 the …
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