Chemical and biological weapons
… articles What does the law say? Treaty law Geneva Protocol, 1925 Biological Weapons … Convention, 1993 Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 – Article 36 Customary law …
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ICRC President Spoljaric concludes visit to Moscow: Progress on prisoners of war is urgent
… Geneva (ICRC) - During a visit to Moscow over … obligations to respect rules laid out in the Geneva Conventions. Note to editors and …
Mozambique: Members of Parliament discuss international humanitarian law
… the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, the International Committee of … humanitarian law of which the 1949 Geneva Conventions are a key component. The …
Ready-to-use workshop on principles guiding humanitarian action
… and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field. Geneva, 12 August 1949 Geneva Convention (II) on Wounded, Sick and … August 1949 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to …
Methods and means of warfare
… methods and means of waging war are the Hague Conventions of 1907, the 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions and a series of agreements … says Treaty law Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 – Art. 35–60 Protocol …
Means of personal identification
… combatants and protected persons. The 1949 Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I of 1977 … the protection that is their due. The 1949 Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I …
Strengthening compliance with IHL: Meeting with a group of States, April 2013
… features 8–9 April 2013 Background document Geneva, March 2013 THE PURPOSE OF THIS … which will take place on 17/18 June 2013 in Geneva. The 8/9 April 2013 discussions will … Periodic Review (UPR); UN Human Rights Conventions2; Monitoring and Reporting …
Nigeria: ECOWAS member states discuss implementation of international humanitarian law
… of IHL treaties, including the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their three Additional … or +234 703 595 41 68 Elodie Schindler, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 21 86 or +41 79 217 32 …
The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction: ICRC statement to the United Nations, 2014
… and addressing the impunity gap. The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Additional Protocol I … any or a combination of grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I, …
Eighty Years On: Honouring the Memory, Upholding Our Humanity
… Geneva (ICRC): Eighty years have passed since … of others persecuted and killed. The Geneva Conventions were born from the ashes of …
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