Rules in War – A Thing of the Past?
… on individuals, societies, and states. The Geneva Conventions and the Additional Protocols are to … humanitarian law enshrined in the Geneva Conventions. The U.S. has substantively …
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First to be Forgotten - Persons with Disability and Armed Conflict
… Following a three-year research project, the Geneva Academy is releasing a report focused on … perspective. On 9 May the ICRC and the Geneva Academy launched the research report at … Disabilities is one of the few human rights conventions explicitly stating that it applies …
Through effective multilateralism, States can create norms that uphold our humanity
… to draft, negotiate and adopt the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, which today are core to … norms, uphold them and take action. These Geneva Conventions were designed to protect the …
View of the ICRC on interpretation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
… Operations of the Convention: Article 1,” Geneva, 31 May 2002. 16 APMBC, preambular … in particular, Protocol I Additional to the Geneva Conventions, Article 10, prescribing the …
We must create and safeguard an environment that prevents sexual violence
… law (IHL) and other bodies of law. The 1949 Geneva Conventions were the first treaties to prohibit … As we mark the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions this year, let us also …
Children forced to go to war
… war. The 1977 Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions were the first international …
International humanitarian law workshop for judges in Nepal
… "On the 70th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions , the ICRC aims to secure firm … their societies to the basic rules of the Geneva Conventions and increase universal …
Saudi Arabia: 1,200 military personnel trained on international humanitarian law in Taif
… The ICRC is formally entrusted under the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols with …
Our work in Armenia in 2018
… Based on its mandate enshrined in the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC has special prerogatives …
ICRC president to UN Security Council: Space for impartial humanitarian action under threat
… space, deny the very essence of the Law. The Geneva Conventions are not up for negotiation; they … such as the ICRC, according to the Geneva Conventions, have a right to propose …
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