Atomic weapons and non-directed missiles: ICRC statement, 1950
… High Contracting Parties, Signatory to the Geneva Conventions for the Protection of the Victims of War. Geneva, 5 April 1950. On 6 August 1945, when …
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Search for the missing: ICRC podcast series
… loved ones will return one day. Under the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, … episode How to search for missing persons The Geneva Conventions require all states to …
Ten years after ban on cluster munitions, ICRC hails progress and calls on more States to join treaty
… 03-09-2018 Geneva (ICRC) – Speaking at the opening of the … please contact: Matt Clancy, ICRC Geneva, +41 79 574 15 54 …
Mirjana Spoljaric: 34th RCRC International Conference Opening Remarks
… need, when will it be? Article 1 of the Geneva Conventions states: “The High Contracting … and uphold humanitarian principles. The Geneva Conventions provide the ICRC with a …
Australia: ICRC delegation to Australia in Second World War
… due to the organization’s mandate in the Geneva Conventions. After many months of negotiations … with belligerent nations for the 1929 Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War to be …
How does IHL protect refugees and internally displaced persons?
… by IHL, special protection under the Fourth Geneva Convention and Additional Protocol I. For instance, Article 44 of the Fourth Geneva Convention specifies that Detaining …
Voices from the Field
… Universally ratified, the Geneva Conventions represent a unique and global … Marking the 70th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, this event profiled …
Status of additional protocols relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts: ICRC statement to the United Nations, 2016
… Status of the Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the … of Protocols I and II additional to the four Geneva Conventions. Their adoption in 1977 was …
International humanitarian law in domestic law
… restriction of certain combat tactics. The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional … practical measures. For example, under the Geneva Conventions, States are obliged to put …
Israel and the occupied territories: Targeting civilians leads to further spirals of violence and hatred
… 10-10-2023 Geneva (ICRC) – The recent violence in Israel … and ill-treatment are prohibited by the Geneva Conventions. In addition, the Conventions …
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