How diverse leadership shaped responses to COVID-19 within the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
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A statement from Robert Mardini, the director-general of the International Committee of the Red Cross, after his visit to Israel and occupied Palestinian territory this week
… won't be solved by reciting the Fourth Geneva Convention. But simply complying with …
Missing and Deceased Migrants and their Families
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
International Criminal Justice: The Institutions
… Statute, namely, grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, violations of the laws and … violations of Article 3 common to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol II, …
1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
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1993 Chemical Weapons Convention
… and their use was prohibited by the 1925 Geneva Protocol. The adoption of the … and their use was prohibited by the 1925 Geneva Protocol. The adoption of the … 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions
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1997 Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
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1954 Convention on the protection of cultural property - Factsheet
… Protocols of 8 June 1977 additional to the Geneva Conventions also contain provisions protecting … Protocols of 8 June 1977 additional to the Geneva Conventions also contain provisions …
Cooperation in extradition and judicial assistance in criminal matters – Factsheet
… of the repression mechanism laid down in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 for serious violations of … of having committed grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949. This option is …
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