Central America: Annual Report 2020
… BY VIOLENCE codes for the ICRC HQ intranet in Geneva. 85 physical and mental health … the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, the ICRC, together with …
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Mexico: Annual Report 2020
… affected When States become parties to the Geneva Conventions, recognized standards and domestic … academics took part on the relevance of the Geneva Conventions, on in a refresher seminar …
Management of the dead from the Islamic law and IHL perspectives: Considerations for humanitarian forensics
… Cross (ICRC) and a Visiting Professor at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland. Prior to joining the … consistent with the provisions of the Geneva Conventions related to honourable burial, and …
Webinar: Counter-terrorism, Sanctions & Humanitarian Access in the COVID-19 Era
… Armed Conflict On The 70th Anniversary Of The Geneva Conventions , Chapter on "Terrorism, …
Webinar: Counter-terrorism, sanctions and humanitarian access in COVID-19 era
… Armed Conflict On The 70th Anniversary Of The Geneva Conventions , Chapter on "Terrorism, …
Exceptional Florence Nightingale Medal awarded to nurses, midwives in captivity
… 12-05-2020 Geneva (ICRC) – The 2020 Florence Nightingale … Nightingale broke away from the social conventions of her time to embrace a vocation … Maurer, please contact: Didier Revol, ICRC Geneva, Tel.: +41 79 235 71 93or …
Responding to the humanitarian needs in Kenya, Tanzania and Djibouti
… competition on the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions. 12 University lecturers undertook … exhibition depicting the 7 decades of the Geneva Conventions ran for two weeks at the …
Call to governments: Work together to stop cyber attacks on health care
… heart of international humanitarian law. The Geneva Conventions leave no doubt: medical facilities …
Amid COVID-19, we must not lose focus on violations and abuses in war
… and within the legal framework of the Geneva Conventions, it is your responsibility to …
The use of weapons and equipment in law enforcement operations
… Advance edited version, United Nations, Geneva, 2020, p. 18. 16 ICRC, Customary … Advance Edited Version, United Nations, Geneva, 2020. International Committee of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 60 01 …
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