Israel and the occupied territories: Suffering for civilians continues as hostilities resume
… 02-12-2023 Geneva (ICRC) – Civilians have overwhelmingly … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
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Humanitarian access: What the law says
… is even clearer, the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention foreseeing that an Occupying …
Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC teams begin multi-day operation to reunite hostages and detainees with their families, deliver assistance
… Geneva (ICRC) – Teams from the International … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Preserving humanity in times of conflict demands strict abidance by constraints on conventional weapons
… or to Have Indiscriminate Effects, held in Geneva from 15 and 17 November 2023. A shorter … The ICRC, through our headquarters in Geneva and our delegations in capitals and in …
"Live-saving norms of the Mine Ban Convention must be upheld and commitments to affected populations met"
… and on their Destruction, 20 November 2023, Geneva. Mr President, Excellencies, Ladies and … a unique forum for States Parties to the Geneva Conventions to undertake joint commitments …
Sudan: Brutal, targeted attacks on civilians must stop
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around … 077, fseriex@icrc.org Halimatou Amadou, ICRC Geneva, +41 79 868 55 83, hamadou@icrc.org …
ICRC president in Qatar to urge progress to alleviate humanitarian crisis
… 20-11-2023 Geneva (ICRC) – The president of the … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Legal factsheet on missing persons and their families: updated
… their families. Based on its mandate in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the Statutes of the …
DR Congo: “If you’ve come all this way, it means we haven’t been forgotten”
… Speech given at the United Nations Office at Geneva by François Moreillon, head of … than 450,000 people – twice the population of Geneva – have been forced from their homes in … mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
ICRC exhibition brings reality of war to Australian cities
… design and photos of the exhibition in Geneva by Sarah Roxas. All other film extracts … of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland www.icrc.org © ICRC, May … 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
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