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ICRC Vice President Gilles Carbonnier addresses prohibition of use, stockpiling, production and transfer of anti-personnel mines at Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
… of the ICRC — 16 November 2020, Geneva Eighteenth Meeting of the States …
ICRC Statement to 75th Session of UN General Assembly, Sixth Committee
… - Status of the Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the … the protection of these populations. The 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional …
Egypt: Facts and Figures Jan - Dec 2019
… conferred upon the organization by the Geneva Conventions of 1949. In 1983, the ICRC … Cross and Red Crescent, held in December in Geneva. 2 ERC staff members participated in …
Australian launch of the Children and War edition of the Review
… International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva Sophie McNeill Researcher for Human …
Malaysia: 17th national IHL moot court competition 2020
… c) ICRC Commentaries to the Geneva Conventions and its Additional Protocols: … using the distinctive emblems of the Geneva Conventions in conformity with …
Strengthening compliance with international humanitarian law: The work of the ICRC and the Swiss government (2015-2019)
… Humanitarian Law (IHL) First Formal Meeting Geneva, 28-29 November 2016 Background note … participation of all States parties to the Geneva Conventions of 1949. They served primarily to …
6th Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty
… of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty. Geneva, 17 August 2020 — This year's … Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Geneva, 17 August 2020 This year’s Conference …
A Buddhist perspective on treatment of prisoners of war
… launched an updated Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention which regulates the treatment of prisoners of war. The four Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols are …
Panel Discussion on Private Military and Security Companies
… Adviser in the IHL Advisory Service, ICRC Geneva; 3- Jean-Michel Rousseau, Montreux … of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T + 41 22 734 60 01 F + 41 … of PMSC personnel under the 1949 Geneva Conventions, individual accountability for …
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