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Report - Fifth Meeting of Representatives of National IHL Committees of Commonwealth Countries

… Anne Quintin, Head of Advisory Services, ICRC Geneva, noted that the need to support better … of Additional Protocols I and II to the 1949 Geneva Conventions as a time to encourage formal …

Law and policy topic

1980 convention on certain conventional weapons and its protocols – ratification kit

… (with Protocols I, II and III) was adopted at Geneva on 10 October 1980, WHEREAS the State … (with Protocols I, II and III) was adopted at Geneva on 10 October 1980, WHEREAS Review …

Law and policy topic

Why engage with non-state armed groups?

… organization explicitly mentioned in the 1949 Geneva Conventions as an example of an organization … 3 Additional Protocol II of 1977 to the Four Geneva Conventions of 1949, Article 1(2). 2 3 …

Article

Annual Report 2020

… online round table on Article 1 common to the Geneva Conventions. The Malian military, with ICRC … of the Updated Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention. Some students and …

Report

The ICRC engagement with armed groups: a humanitarian necessity

… stated explicitly in Common Article 3 to the Geneva Conventions. From a practical point of view, …

Article

ICRC: Korean War Anniversary and the Geneva Conventions

… set an unprecedented event where the Third Geneva Convention was enacted in a major …

Nigeria: Healthcare in Danger Training Module for Medical Students, Healthcare Workers and Teachers

… MODULE FOUR: THE DISTINCTIVE EMBLEMS OF THE GENEVA CONVENTION 23 Use of the Emblems 23 … workers, chapter four; the emblems of the Geneva convention and the final chapter talks … and who refrain State party to the Geneva Conventions from any act of hostility. This …

Publication

ICRC’s Fifth IHL Arabic Writing Competition

… to climate change - Common Article 1 of the Geneva Conventions: States' obligation to respect and …

Article

The challenges for humanitarian action in today’s conflicts: the perspective from the International Committee of the Red Cross

… and through our permanent dialogue in Moscow, Geneva and other capitals. The ICRC operates … through the mandate provided by States in the Geneva Conventions and in other frameworks governing …

Statement

How diverse leadership shaped responses to COVID-19 within the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

… its mandate stems essentially from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. Humanitarian Horizons …

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