ICRC concerned at gap between commitments and practice of Arms Trade Treaty
… 20-08-2018 Tokyo/Geneva – Speaking today at a meeting of … information, please contact Matthew Clancy (Geneva): +41 79 574 15 54; mclancy@icrc.org …
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Sudan: Providing relief to people affected by conflict
… to family members and loved ones. Through the Geneva Conventions, the international community has …
Liberia: Red Cross, Press Union of Liberia hold media training in humanitarian reporting
… authorities in the domestication of the Geneva Conventions, Kampala Convention, and the Arms …
Counterterrorism, IHL and Humanitarian Action
… Protocol 1, Article 51(2); see also Geneva Convention IV, Article 33(1) and … the Senior Humanitarian Policy adviser at NRC Geneva, specializing in the impact of … action. Prior to joining the NRC in Geneva in 2015, she spent eight years managing …
Framework for access to education
… (ibid.). 12 ICRC, Children in War, ICRC, Geneva, 2009, available at: … objects under IHL.19 In particular, the Geneva Conventions (GC) and Additional Protocol I (AP …
Making a case for humanitarian norms in a populist world
… Committee of the Red Cross and the Geneva Conventions that followed. And while the ICRC still has its headquarters in Geneva, we are a truly global organization of …
Humanity at stake ? Humanitarian challenges and response in a complex and insecure world
… from all countries, including China. In Geneva and in the countries that I visit, I … The ICRC is also the guardian of the Geneva Conventions, the laws which govern how …
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Fragmentation of violence increases needs, ICRC president says
… about, insisting on the basic tenets of the Geneva Conventions to change behavior is worthwhile. … tel: +243 81 700 85 36 Annick Bouvier, ICRC Geneva, tel : +41 79 244 64 05 Jean-Yves …
Islamic Law and International Humanitarian Law
… and, accordingly, cannot be targeted (Third Geneva Convention of 1949 (GC III), Art. … in hostilities (Article 3 common to the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 (GC I– IV); AP I, Art. …
China: Senior military officers seek greater respect for law of armed conflict at sea
… of the Updated Commentary on the Second Geneva Convention. The ICRC and the PLA have …
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