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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 …
ICRC perspectives on the protection of children
… Armed Conflict (OPAC) . Along with the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 that form the basis of …
Venezuela: ICRC delegation in Caracas to cover Caribbean countries from 2024
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
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 …
Guiding Principles for the Domestic Implementation of a Comprehensive System of Protection for Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups
… Participation of Children in Armed Conflicts, Geneva, 7-9 December 2009). 370 annex XVI The … International humanitarian law: Treaty law • Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of … ratified5 • Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to …
DR Congo: Civilians in the firing line as use of heavy weapons signals alarming new phase of armed conflict in the east
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around … 864 687, easomani@icrc.org Fatima Sator, ICRC Geneva, Tel.: (+41) 79 848 49 08, …
Protection of civilians in armed conflict
… armed conflict that Common Article One of the Geneva Conventions requires them “to respect and … year of the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC urges all States …
States must address concerns raised by autonomous weapons
… and Red Crescent, which will take place in Geneva in December. After six years of …
Internally displaced persons
… enshrined in Article 1 common to the four Geneva Conventions. The recent peak in displacement …
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