Ukraine: As fighting intensifies around Kharkiv, ICRC increases support for displaced people
… 16-05-2024 Geneva/Kyiv (ICRC) – Thousands of civilians … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
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After 20 years of visits, ICRC calls for transfers of eligible Guantanamo detainees
… organization, is empowered by the 1949 Geneva Conventions to visit detainees and prisoners … , or +1 202 361 1566 Jason Straziuso, ICRC Geneva, jstraziuso@icrc.org , or +41 79 949 …
ICRC internal displacement strategy for 2016–2019
… military reasons so demand. See: Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, Article 49(1); … into Practice: A Stocktaking Exercise, ICRC, Geneva, October 2016. 7 2009 Council of … Conflict: Facing up to the Challenges, ICRC, Geneva, 2009: …
History of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Volume III: from Yalta to Dien Bien Phu, 1945-1955
… major milestone was the adoption of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949. …
Joint statement by the Republic of South Africa and the ICRC on the occasion of the 15th Annual Southern African Regional IHL Seminar
… which brings together all signatories of the Geneva Conventions and its Additional Protocols as …
Speech by ICRC president Mirjana Spoljaric on receiving the 2024 International Bridge Prize of the European City of Görlitz/Zgorzelec
… for limiting human suffering. The four Geneva Conventions, which came into being in 1949 and … haven that they so desperately need. The Geneva Conventions make up the cornerstone of …
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 …
Myanmar: ICRC calls for courageous decisions to bring respite to suffering communities
… 04-04-2025 Geneva/Yangon (ICRC) – One week on from the … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Number of missing people registered with the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement up nearly 70% in five years
… 29-08-2025 Geneva, 30 August 2025 - The number of people … missing is reduced. For example, the Fourth Geneva Convention includes t he duty to avoid … please contact: Press Office, ICRC Geneva, press@icrc.org …
Red Cross Red Crescent Conference: Over 160 States gather to address world's most pressing humanitarian issues
… 12-12-2019 Geneva (ICRC/IFRC) - Representatives from 168 … Societies, at the International Conference in Geneva which closed today. The International … brings together States party to the Geneva Conventions and global Red Cross Red Crescent …
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