Nigeria: Supporting host communities and displaced people in 2019
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ICRC writing competition III
… academic platform for legal debates Theme The Geneva Conventions turn 70 The year 2019 marks the 70th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions (GCs) of 1949. Today, the …
IHL session in Viet Nam: Experts tackle tough questions on cyber warfare and autonomous weapons
… limits. While 2019 marks 70 years of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, Viet Nam celebrates 62 years of ratifying these Conventions. …
Viet Nam and Laos mark 70 years of Geneva Conventions
… kind of human emotions and fears that the Geneva Conventions of 1949 take account of as they … of the Cold War, it was clear that the Geneva Conventions of 1906 and 1929 were not …
Mozambique: Members of Parliament discuss international humanitarian law
… the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, the International Committee of … humanitarian law of which the 1949 Geneva Conventions are a key component. The …
Conflict in Syria: Finding hope among the ruins
… 70 years ago in the creation of the Geneva Conventions. …
Autonomy, artificial intelligence and robotics: Technical aspects of human control
… robotics: Technical aspects of human control Geneva, August 2019 CONTENTS EXECUTIVE … Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, Geneva, 25–29 March 2019. 3 Ibid. See also: … Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, Geneva, 9–13 April & 27–31 August 2018. N. …
The Geneva Conventions are for all of us
… States convened to adopt the historic 1949 Geneva Conventions in the aftermath of the Second … that we can inflict upon each other. The Geneva Conventions symbolize our enduring and …
Digitalizing the Geneva Conventions – giving greater access to the rules of war
… On the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, the International Committee of … technology to give greater access to the Geneva Conventions, and other treaties and …
They remain as life-saving as always: PNG reflects upon 70 years of Geneva Conventions
… host celebrations to mark 70 years of the Geneva Conventions on 12 August in Port Moresby. … and emerging trends in the application of Geneva Conventions and a photo exhibition on …
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