War in Yemen: Don’t look away from the world’s largest humanitarian crisis
… conferred on us by States in the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional … this mandate on the ICRC in the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional …
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Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Gaza: Repeated mass casualty events put hospitals under severe strain
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around … sadavies@icrc.org , Christoph HANGER, ICRC Geneva , tel: +41 79 731 04 03, email: …
Philippines: Wars without limits are wars without end
… that many people no longer believe that the Geneva Conventions prevent wars from getting worse. … ratified almost all relevant IHL treaties and conventions. It is also one of the first Asian …
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 …
Speech by ICRC president: A commitment to address forced displacement
… Greater respect for IHL and refugee law, the Geneva Conventions and the Kampala Convention in …
Russia-Ukraine international armed conflict: “The prospect of peace remains elusive for civilians who continue to face the horrors of conflict”
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Protected persons: Persons with disabilities
… Armed Conflict On The 70th Anniversary Of The Geneva Conventions The ICRC’S Vision 2030 on …
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… c) ICRC Commentaries to the Geneva Conventions and its Additional Protocols: … at their next periodical review pursuant to Geneva Convention IV article 78. 18. Major …
Armenia/Azerbaijan: ICRC facilitates handover of Azerbaijani and Armenian nationals
… being held. Based on its mandate under the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC has been carrying out …
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