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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 …

Article

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 drevol@icrc.org …

News release

Webinar: Counter-terrorism, sanctions and humanitarian access in COVID-19 era

… Conflict On The 70th Anniversary Of The Geneva Conventions , Chapter on "Terrorism, …

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Webinar: Counter-terrorism, Sanctions & Humanitarian Access in the COVID-19 Era

… Conflict On The 70th Anniversary Of The Geneva Conventions , Chapter on "Terrorism, …

Event

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 ICRC, … consistent with the provisions of the Geneva Conventions related to honourable burial, and …

Law and policy topic

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 …

Law and policy topic

Central America: Annual Report 2020

… 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: Promoting an environment of respect for human life and dignity

… of force. When States become parties to the Geneva Conventions, they undertake to disseminate and …

Law and policy topic

Management of the dead under Islamic Law

… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross and … of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 60 01 …

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Why migrants are particularly vulnerable during the pandemic

… developing their responses to the pandemic. Geneva, 8 April 2020 9 This includes ‘induced … in international treaties (in particular the Geneva Conventions of 1949), the Statutes of the …

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