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Preventing separation, searching for the missing, and reuniting families since 1870

… their loved ones. We are entrusted by the Geneva Conventions as a neutral intermediary to … radio and other technologies. Outlined in the Geneva Conventions of 1949, the agency …

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International Review of the Red Cross - War and security at sea

… sea. The updated commentaries on the Second Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the …

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China: Support relationships to promote IHL in focus at event co-hosted by ICRC and CIISS

… law. It's mandate, which is enshrined in the Geneva Conventions, is the basis for its … initiative, joined the event online from Geneva and elaborated on the book's key …

Article

When an IHL role play competition calls more than just legal knowledge

… were filled with hurried references to the Geneva Conventions, panicked online researching, …

Article

Limits on Autonomy in Weapon Systems

… Area of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, Geneva, 21 Aug. 2019, … of the ICRC on agenda item 5(a)’, GGE, Geneva, 25–29 Mar. 2019; and ICRC, ‘Statement … harm.e a Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to …

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Ethiopia: Army officers discuss laws of armed conflict and international human rights standards

… colleagues. Formally entrusted under the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols …

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Pakistan: New law to prevent violence against health-care workers, facilities and patients in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

… Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Alexander Breitegger ICRC, Geneva Giovanni Trambaiolo ICRC, Geneva The team is also indebted to government … during times of armed con ict. The Geneva Conventions of 1949 speci cally provide …

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ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric: "When international humanitarian law is respected, lives are saved"

… Republic of China's recognition of the Geneva Conventions was rooted in the pursuit of … highlighted that the PRC recognized these conventions because it was determined that …

Statement

Children, no matter their association, are entitled to rights and protections as children

… year, we mark the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions and the 30th anniversary of the …

Statement

Family must be allowed to visit Palestinian hunger striker in critical condition

… him as a matter of urgency." Under the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, detainees have a …

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