Toxic chemicals as weapons for law enforcement
… (and biological) weapons in 1925 (The Geneva Protocol). This was reinforced with … toxic chemical as a weapon under the 1925 Geneva Protocol, the 1993 Chemical Weapons …
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Joint statement: DIRCO and ICRC call for stronger political commitment to uphold IHL across Africa
… commemorated the 76th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, the bedrock of legal norms … IHL, including those enshrined in the 1949 Geneva Conventions. On World Humanitarian Day, …
ICRC president: "Humanitarian action cannot be a substitute for the lack of political solutions"
… 75 years ago, the world rallied around the Geneva Conventions to set limits to violence in war. … commitment to the letter AND spirit of the Geneva Conventions. Because interpreting …
Rwanda: 30 judges and court registrars complete advanced IHL training
… crime cases. Under common article 1 of the Geneva Conventions, States are obliged to respect the … instruments, including the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional …
From the classroom to the courtroom: The journey of Bangladesh law students advocating for international humanitarian law
… all critical principles enshrined in the Geneva Conventions, which celebrated their 75th … win. It’s one thing to learn about the Geneva Conventions in class, but it’s a …
Strengthening coordination of UN humanitarian and disaster relief assistance: ICRC statement to the United Nations, 2017
… of the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions, and the 20 th anniversary of the … humanitarian practice – rooted in the Geneva Conventions - must be respected and …
Voluntary reports on the domestic implementation of international humanitarian law (IHL)
… reports, and they are not mentioned in the Geneva Conventions or their Additional Protocols. They … on Status of the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions (The most recent version of …
China: The 7th Advanced International Humanitarian Law Summer Session opens in Beijing
… of the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Convention, the 7th Advanced … around the 1977 protocols additional to Geneva Conventions, with lectures on topics including …
Armenia / Azerbaijan: Azerbaijani citizen repatriated
… 10-06-2016 Geneva/Yerevan/Baku (ICRC) – An Azerbaijani … being held. Based on its mandate under the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC has been present in the …
First to be Forgotten - Persons with Disability and Armed Conflict
… Following a three-year research project, the Geneva Academy is releasing a report focused on … perspective. On 9 May the ICRC and the Geneva Academy launched the research report at … Disabilities is one of the few human rights conventions explicitly stating that it applies …
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