Rules for the ages? London debate sets out challenges facing IHL
… the panel to reflect on the value of the Geneva Conventions . Cordula Droege, chief legal … IHL... but equally we see every day how the Geneva Conventions do work and do protect …
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ICRC president: "International humanitarian law only as strong as leaders’ will to uphold it"
… the humanitarian values enshrined in the Geneva Conventions. The strength of international … our collective conscience. The focus on the Geneva Conventions is crucial at a time when …
Russia-Ukraine international armed conflict: 23,000 people reported missing
… 19-02-2024 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of … of the frontline. In accordance with the Geneva Conventions, both Russia and Ukraine …
Türkiye: ICRC President concludes first official visit to Türkiye
… 08-01-2025 Geneva (ICRC) — President Spoljaric, President … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
A Guide to the Legal Review of New Weapons, Means and Methods of Warfare
… 36 of Protocol I Additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions. It was prepared further to an … Action adopted by the States Parties to the Geneva Conventions at the 28th International …
Bruges Colloquium 2017: The Additional Protocols at 40
Achievements and Challenges The ICRC Brussels delegation and the College of Europe have jointly organized the Bruges Colloquium on International Humanitarian Law every year since 2000 as part of …
Workshop: Incorporating international humanitarian law into domestic legislation
… that according to Common Article 1 of the Geneva Conventions (1949), States have an obligation … of the workshop focused on incorporating the Geneva Conventions into domestic law. The …
Command responsibility and failure to act – Factsheet
… FAILING TO ACT The system established in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 for repressing grave … prevent or punish the criminal conduct. The Geneva Conventions of 1949 The Geneva …
Generating respect for the law: Taking stock, moving forward
… On 22 October, the ICRC and the Geneva Academy organized a conference to … and International Organization, University of Geneva Helen Durham, Director of International … this extract of the commentary of the Geneva Conventions, Naz K. Modirzadeh articulated how …
Chemical and biological weapons
… the first international agreement – the 1925 Geneva Protocol – banning asphyxiating, … reprisals using similar weapons, but the 1925 Geneva Protocol had nevertheless established a … legal instruments followed in the form of Conventions adopted by States in 1972 and …
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