History of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Volume V: From Saigon to Ho Chi Minh City
… adoption of the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions – and helps the reader to …
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Russian Federation: Regulating private military and security companies
… The Montreux Document goes further than the Geneva Conventions, requiring them to comply with IHL … those that already exist." Anna Marie Burdzy, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of …
First Aid in Armed Conflicts and Other Situations of Violence
… duties in armed conflicts as laid down in the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols. …
Innovation CICR
… environments. And the results show: the Geneva Conventions are as pioneering and necessary …
Combatting terrorism should not come at the expense of humanitarian action or principles
… of terrorism which are out of line with the Geneva Conventions we are constantly referring to, … States have universally agreed upon in the Geneva Conventions, so there is a tension here …
Biological Weapons Review Conference: ICRC statement
… of biological weapons – embodied in the 1925 Geneva Protocol and the Biological and Toxin … on States still holding reservations to the Geneva Protocol to withdraw them. Fifth, …
The ICRC: Frequently asked questions about our work
… humanitarian law (IHL) with the fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 that specifically … commitment and our mandate under the Geneva Conventions. We also know that each day …
Overview of the Legal Framework Governing National Information Bureaux
… families of their fate and whereabouts. The Geneva Conventions do not prescribe in detail how a …
Humanitarian Policy at the WHS
… EU) Atrocities in Conflict mean we need the Geneva Conventions more than ever (Helen Durham, …
Sri Lanka - A year for the ICRC to expand its response
… Mr Charles Sabga, ICRC’s Legal Adviser from Geneva, Mr Sunod Jacob Matthew and Ms Supriya … Legal Adviser from Iran, presented on the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, …
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