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NEW Request for Information regarding the design and prototyping of alternatives to Polypropylene woven bags

… a consulting company, Sofies SA, based in Geneva, is managing the project aiming at … Cross The work of the ICRC is based on the Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional …

Article

Humanitarian data and digital infrastructures must be protected against digital threats

… parties to armed conflicts. For example, the Geneva Conventions and our Movement Statutes – which …

Statement

Ukraine: As humanitarian crisis deepens, parties urgently need to agree on concrete measures; misinformation risks lives

… 29-03-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – As the international armed … parties to fulfil their obligations under the Geneva Conventions without further delay. The parties …

News release

Ukraine: Addressing misinformation about ICRC’s activities

… 26-03-2022 Geneva (ICRC) - Over the past days, false … of war and other persons protected by the Geneva Conventions, wherever they may be. Our sole …

News release

Twelve issues: What States can do to improve respect for IHL in 2022

… Information Bureaus, as required by the 1949 Geneva Conventions, to account for protected persons … its project to update the Commentaries on the Geneva Conventions. While we work to integrate …

Law and policy topic

ICRC President: The suffering in Mariupol must not become the future of Ukraine

… including images on social media. The Geneva Conventions also ensures the ICRC access to …

News release
ICRC president

Tribal Violence in Papua New Guinea

… Traditional limit in fights Just like the Geneva Conventions, Highland communities have their …

Article

Preventing separation, searching for the missing, and reuniting families since 1870

… their loved ones. We are entrusted by the Geneva Conventions as a neutral intermediary to … radio and other technologies. Outlined in the Geneva Conventions of 1949, the agency …

Law and policy topic
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Ukraine: ICRC calls for urgent solution to save lives and prevent worst-case scenario in Mariupol

… 13-03-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – A worst-case scenario awaits … organization, its mandate stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. it is based in Geneva, …

News release

Why do we work with military forces in Jordan?

… of the Red Cross (ICRC) is mandated by the Geneva Conventions (also known as International … consistent with the provision of the Fourth Geneva Convention which guarantees protection …

Article

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