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Request for information regarding the consultancy to reduce the sustainable risk of ICRC distributed items

… the Red Cross, 19 Avenue de la Paix, CH-1202 Geneva, Switzerland Internal ICRC / RFP_ … © 2019, ICRC, 19 Avenue de la Paix, CH-1202 Geneva – Internal Author Description Carmen … The work of the ICRC is based on the Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional …

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ICRC Pakistan: Snapshot 2021

… OF THE DLP FORUM MARKS 72 YEARS OF THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS Marking the 72nd anniversary of the Geneva Conventions on 12 August, the …

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Atomic weapons and non-directed missiles: ICRC statement, 1950

… High Contracting Parties, Signatory to the Geneva Conventions for the Protection of the Victims of War. Geneva, 5 April 1950. On 6 August 1945, when …

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The weapons issue: ICRC statement to the United Nations, 1996

… Chemical Weapons Convention, strengthens the Geneva Protocol of 1925 which banned the use of … of anti-personnel landmines, ICRC, Geneva, 1996. 2. Editor's note: Towards a …

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The history and negotiation of Protocol V to the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

… Cluster Bombs and Landmines in Kosovo, ICRC, Geneva, 2000; Explosive Remnants of War; … and Other Unexploded Ordnance, ICRC, Geneva, 2000. 14 Rae McGrath, Cluster Bombs: … Meeting on Explosive Remnants of War, ICRC, Geneva, 2000, pp. 14-15. 16 Ibid. 17 “Report of …

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After 20 years of visits, ICRC calls for transfers of eligible Guantanamo detainees

… organization, is empowered by the 1949 Geneva Conventions to visit detainees and prisoners of … , or +1 202 361 1566 Jason Straziuso, ICRC Geneva, jstraziuso@icrc.org , or +41 79 949 3512 …

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ICRC launches a new fund to support long-term climate and environment initiatives

… 1863, the ICRC laid the foundations for the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross and … of the Red Cross 19 avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva Switzerland www.icrc.org © ICRC, 2022 …

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Inclusive programming in ICRC operations: Final assessment report

… assessments was the importance of formed in Geneva to address this issue and has providing … alignment with the relevant clauses in the Geneva Conventions, their commentaries and ICRC …

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Information kit: Development of national legislation to implement the Convention on the prohibition of anti-personnel mines

… the ICRC Advisory Service on IHL in Geneva : tel. +41 22 734 6001 … • Training Information Bulletin (TIB) No 86 "Conventions on the Use of Landmines : A … or universally agreed international conventions regarding means and methods of …

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31st International Conference 2011: Resolution 6 - Health inequities

… Movement (International Conference), Geneva, Switzerland, 28 November-1 December …

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