ICRC in Greece: Activities for migrants
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Leave a legacy to the ICRC: Welcome pack
… 150 years ago, Henry Dunant, a citizen of Geneva, was an unwilling witness to the … following year, States adopted the original Geneva Convention to improve the lot of people … Second World War, States amended the existing Conventions and adopted new ones in order to …
Report: Protracted conflict and humanitarian action
… International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva. International Committee of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 60 01 F +41 … 9 of the First, Second and Third Geneva Conventions and Article 10 of the Fourth …
Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions: Speech by ICRC Vice-President
… to the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Geneva, Switzerland. As you know, the …
Q&A: sexual violence in armed conflict
… are prohibited under treaty law (the Fourth Geneva convention, as well as Additional … together the States Parties to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and the components of the …
Speech by ICRC president addressing attacks on health-care personnel, facilities and vehicles
… care, which amount to a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions, are penalized as such in domestic …
The ICRC’s global engagement with the Judicial Sector on international humanitarian law
… supports the efforts of States Party to the Geneva Conventions to respect and ensure respect for …
The rule of law at the national and international levels: ICRC statement to the United Nations, 2016
… that High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 have the primary … and Red Crescent, held in December 2015 in Geneva, served as an important platform for …
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 …
The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction: ICRC statement to United Nations, 2016
… breaches" regime, as outlined in the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and further developed in … is currently updating its commentaries on the Geneva Conventions and their Additional …
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