Legal factsheet on missing persons and their families: updated
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Legal review of weapons
… says Treaty law Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 – Article 36 Domestic law …
Israel and the occupied territories: After two months of aid blockage, humanitarian response in Gaza on verge of total collapse
… 02-05-2025 Geneva (ICRC) – The humanitarian response in … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
EVENT: Contemporary Armed Conflicts: Realities and How IHL Addresses them
… As we mark the 75th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, international …
Sudan: training certificates' policy of the ICRC
… and it holds special immunity, granted by the Geneva Conventions, against participating in trials …
Middle East: The ICRC urgently calls on all parties to protect civilians
… 04-10-2024 Geneva (ICRC) – As violence intensifies across … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Leave a legacy to the ICRC: Welcome pack
… 150 years ago, Henry Dunant, a citizen of Geneva, was an unwilling witness to the … following year, States adopted the original Geneva Convention to improve the lot of people … Second World War, States amended the existing Conventions and adopted new ones in order to …
Jean-Pictet Competition: Taking the law out of the books
… named after the principal artisan of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, has been open to students since …
The Additional Protocols at 40: upholding humanity in today's conflicts
… of Protocols I and II additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 (the Additional Protocols) …
Our work in Cambodia
… in accordance with its mandate under the Geneva Conventions. It has supported the construction … in accordance with its mandate under the Geneva Conventions. It has supported the …
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