Missing persons: high cost of conflict and violence in Africa
… and the ICRC’s Central Tracing Agency in Geneva. Restoring Family Links Restoring … non-international armed conflicts, see: Geneva Conventions (GC) III Articles 70–71; GC IV …
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Show your support for the people of Afghanistan – and ICRC work around the world
… this mandate on the ICRC in the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional …
Bringing IHL Home: Guidelines on the National Implementation of International Humanitarian Law
… Advisory Service at the ICRC headquarters in Geneva: Advisory Service on IHL, International … of the Red Cross, 19 avenue de la Paix, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland Tel.: +41 22 734 6001 … are not yet party”. (OP4) The four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and their …
Pakistan: Launch of the DLP Forum marks 72 years of the Geneva Conventions and creates IHL discussion space
… Marking the 72nd anniversary of the Geneva Conventions on 12 August, the International …
Innovation CICR
… environments. And the results show: the Geneva Conventions are as pioneering and necessary …
President Peter Maurer UNGA 2021: International Humanitarian Law - Enhancing Monitoring, Improving Compliance
… More than 70 years after their adoption, the Geneva Conventions enjoy universal ratification, and … violations of IHL, the ICRC, with the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian …
ICRC calls on States to ensure counter terrorism measure do not negatively impact humanitarian action
… –all humanitarian activities mandated by the Geneva Conventions and IHL. When humanitarian … also reflect Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions,which requires States bound …
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 …
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 …
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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