Artificial intelligence in the military domain: ICRC submits recommendations to UN Secretary-General
… humanitarian organization. Through the Geneva Conventions of 1949 (Geneva Conventions) and other international …
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Challenges raised by increasingly autonomous technologies
… of the 150th anniversary of the first Geneva Convention. On this occasion, the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian … Moderator Professor Andrew Clapham, Director, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian …
ICRC remains extremely concerned about the lives and welfare of hostages in Gaza
… Geneva (ICRC) —The International Committee of … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Judicial guarantees and safeguards – Factsheet
… of serious violations of any of the four Geneva Conventions (GC I-IV) or of Additional … of the domestic law of States party to the Geneva Conventions, and roughly correspond to …
Chemical weapons use: An unacceptable repeat of history that demands attention
… the use of chemical weapons, the 1925 Geneva Protocol, which applied to inter-State …
Falkland Islands (Malvinas): ICRC presents final report after six Argentine soldiers are identified
… 08-11-2021 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of … of Argentina and the United Kingdom in Geneva. HPP 2 involved the exhumation of human … 1 and HPP 2 find their mandate in the Geneva Conventions, and are examples of the ICRC …
Bringing IHL Home through Domestic Law and Policy: Report
… and Similar Entities on IHL here in Geneva. In addition, we are currently midway … to host the next Universal Meeting here in Geneva. Welcome to new and revived national … party to Protocol II additional to the Geneva Conventions. Six states (Cameroon, Ecuador, …
Strengthening compliance with international humanitarian law
… with international humanitarian law, Geneva, 23 April 2015 We are gathered here … individual IHL mechanisms provided for in the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I have …
Respect for the Arms Trade Treaty is critical to ending cycles of armed conflict and other situations of violence
… IHL, enshrined in Article 1 common to the Geneva Conventions – which marked their 70th anniversary this month. Like the Geneva Conventions, the Arms Trade Treaty aims …
Why victory by any means isn't victory at all
… cannot be done during an armed conflict. The Geneva Conventions are at the core of this law. They …
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