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Brazil: 2024 - promotion of international humanitarian law (IHL) and responses to the effects of armed violence

… celebrated the 75th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions at a seminar at the Rio Branco … Altino / ICRC Seminar marks 75 years of the Geneva Conventions In partnership with the …

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Türkiye: ICRC President concludes first official visit to Türkiye

… 08-01-2025 Geneva (ICRC) — President Spoljaric, President … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

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Search for the missing: ICRC podcast series

… loved ones will return one day. Under the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, … episode How to search for missing persons The Geneva Conventions require all states to …

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Lebanon: ICRC president urges renewal of ceasefire and sustained humanitarian assistance to help civilians rebuild

… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around … 314 798,  saaoun@icrc.org Stephen Ryan, ICRC Geneva, +41 79 392 14 10,  sryan@icrc.org   …

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Asia-Pacific Naval Officers engage in dialogue on naval warfare

… on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the Geneva Conventions, the San Remo Manual, and the …

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Participants, syndicate leaders, and members of the organizing committee joined a cultural visit, which included a short tour of one of Indonesia's hospital ships, KRI dr. Soeharso.

Israel and the occupied territories: Obliteration of health-care system in northern Gaza puts civilians at grave risk

… 30-12-2024 Geneva (ICRC) – Repeated hostilities in and … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

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Myanmar: 75th anniversary exhibition of the Geneva Conventions focuses on States’ obligation to reduce suffering during armed conflict

… To mark the 75th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions, the ICRC in Myanmar, together … found 32 photographs with explanations of the Geneva Conventions and a description of the …

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Iran: Moot Court Competition Memorial of Henry Dunant

… humanitarian law embedded in the Geneva Conventions are not merely a historical … conflict. The foundational principles of the Geneva Conventions stem from a simple yet …

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Sri Lanka: The first National Conference for the Families of Missing Persons in Sri Lanka

… that protect victims of war. It is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and works in more than … organization, its mandate stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. Media contacts: Ruwanthi …

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First National Conference for the Families of Missing Persons in Sri Lanka. ICRC

ICRC Head of Delegation in Syria: Detention Work Remains Our Top Priority

… (IHRL). This prohibition is derived from the Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional … Guided by its humanitarian mandate under the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC has also …

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ICRC land cruiser in Homs, Syria, driving past a collapsed building

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Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.