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Footballer Kalidou Koulibaly teams up with ICRC to defend humanitarian law in Africa

… It also marks the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions and echoes the ICRC's new …

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Philippines: Agusan del Norte farmers seek to boost harvest processing capacity with new equipment

… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the …

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Evaluation of the integration of thematics into ICRC field operations

… files they perceive as “new” or “imposed by Geneva”-Survey respondent Some delegations have …

Report

Model Law on The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

… to in Articles 2 and 3 common to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 for the … Article 1 of Additional Protocol I to those Conventions; “blinding laser weapon” means a …

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Venezuela: ICRC delegation in Caracas to cover Caribbean countries from 2024

… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the …

News release

Venezuela: ICRC delegation in Caracas to cover Caribbean countries from 2024

… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the …

News release

ICRC appoints new director-general

… 22-12-2023 Geneva (ICRC) – The Assembly of the … Central and South-Eastern Europe, based in Geneva (1998-2000). He holds an MA in political … mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the …

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ICRC launches 2024-2027 institutional strategy

… 19-12-2023 Geneva (ICRC) – At a time of increasing … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the …

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ICRC President arrives in the West Bank

… 15-12-2023 Geneva (ICRC) - Mirjana Spoljaric, the … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the …

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ICRC president arrives in Israel

… 14-12-2023 Geneva (ICRC) - Mirjana Spoljaric, the … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the …

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