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Legislative Checklist: Protecting Health Care from Violence

… wounded and sick people; see: Art. 18(2) of Geneva Convention I and Art. 17 of Additional … law and of international humanitarian conventions] organizes, orders or engages in … and a protective sign in accordance with the Geneva Conventions, the Additional Protocols …

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Implementing International Humanitarian Law: From law to action

… and non-international. The 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols of 1977 and 2005 are its core treaties. The Geneva Conventions have been accepted by all …

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2013 Arms Trade Treaty - Factsheet

… against humanity, grave breaches of the four Geneva Conventions, attacks directed against civilian … Protocol I of 8 June 1977 additional to the Geneva Conventions, would be required to take …

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Updated Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention - video and book available

… launched the updated Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention , marking another milestone … to update the ICRC Commentaries on the four Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols. The …

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ICRC appeal to fund its operations in 2021

… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross and … by contributions from states party to the Geneva Conventions, supranational set for the …

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The Potential Human Cost of the Use of Weapons in Outer Space and the Protection Afforded by International Humanitarian Law

… in the 1977 Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, as well as in customary … of Contemporary Armed Conflicts, ICRC, Geneva, 2019, p. 27. 9 UN General Assembly, UN …

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14th UN Crime Congress: ICRC calls for greater focus on health, dignity of detainees

… management. The ICRC colleagues in both Geneva and Tokyo participated in several … are treated humanely as mandated by the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC visited 1,274 …

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ICRC launches largest-ever budget appeal to address growing humanitarian needs in conflict zones

… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross and … by contributions from States party to the Geneva Conventions, supranational …

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Pakistan: New law to prevent violence against health-care workers, facilities and patients in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

… Pakhtunkhwa Alexander Breitegger ICRC, Geneva Giovanni Trambaiolo ICRC, Geneva The team is also indebted to government … during times of armed con ict. The Geneva Conventions of 1949 speci cally provide special …

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"International humanitarian law should not be construed, or interpreted, as legitimizing the resort to conflict."

… of the First Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions, in which States expressed their …

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Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.