15th Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Protocol V on explosive remnants of war
… International Committee of the Red Cross — Geneva, 9 December 2021 Mr. President, In many …
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Peter Maurer: "Autonomous weapon systems raise ethical concerns for society"
… Effects (CCW) – 13-17 December 2021, Geneva / (Statement recorded 10 December 2021) …
Updated Commentary on the Geneva Conventions of August 12 1949. Volume I, 2016 (Paperback)
The First Convention is a foundational text of international humanitarian law. It contains the essential rules on the protection of the wounded and sick, those assigned to their care, and the red …
ICRC statement on recruitment and use of children in hostilities
… that the ICRC will host a conference in Geneva from 07 to 09 December in which we will … The two Additional Protocols to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and the Convention on the Rights …
Summary table of IHL provisions specifically applicable to children
… enjoyed by children. The Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I apply … in those countries. With regard to the Fourth Geneva Convention, the field of application of …
31st International Conference 2011: Resolution 6 - Health inequities
… Crescent Movement (International Conference), Geneva, Switzerland, 28 November-1 December …
Information kit: Development of national legislation to implement the Convention on the prohibition of anti-personnel mines
… the ICRC Advisory Service on IHL in Geneva : tel. +41 22 734 6001 … • Training Information Bulletin (TIB) No 86 "Conventions on the Use of Landmines : A … or universally agreed international conventions regarding means and methods of …
Inclusive programming in ICRC operations: Final assessment report
… assessments was the importance of formed in Geneva to address this issue and has providing … alignment with the relevant clauses in the Geneva Conventions, their commentaries and ICRC …
ICRC launches a new fund to support long-term climate and environment initiatives
… 1863, the ICRC laid the foundations for the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross … of the Red Cross 19 avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva Switzerland www.icrc.org © ICRC, 2022 …
After 20 years of visits, ICRC calls for transfers of eligible Guantanamo detainees
… organization, is empowered by the 1949 Geneva Conventions to visit detainees and prisoners … , or +1 202 361 1566 Jason Straziuso, ICRC Geneva, jstraziuso@icrc.org , or +41 79 949 …
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