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Gaza: ICRC calls for protection of civilians while hoping for an agreement amidst evacuations, military operations and negotiations

… 07-05-2024 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the …

News release

DR Congo: More than 44,000 people receive emergency food aid as violence in eastern provinces intensifies

… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the … Fatima Sator, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 79 848 49 08, email: …

News release

Family must be allowed to visit Palestinian hunger striker in critical condition

… as a matter of urgency." Under the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, detainees have a …

Article

Ecuador: Regional Meeting of National Committees on IHL and Other Similar Entities of the Americas

… including the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions. Finally, the participating … parties to the four universally recognized Geneva Conventions of 1949 and to the states …

Law and policy topic

Papua New Guinea: Officials increase awareness of laws of war

… of the IHL, the foundations of which are the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and its two additional …

News release

ICRC office in Gaza surrounded by hundreds of displaced civilians, was damaged by nearby shelling

… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the …

News release

Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC decries the shooting of its humanitarian convoy in Gaza

… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the …

Statement

Supporting the future of Syria and the region - Brussels IV Conference, 30 June 2020

… and within the legal framework of the Geneva Conventions. States’ responsibility is to …

Statement

Protection of civilians in armed conflict

… 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 …

Statement

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 …

Law and policy topic
Participants, syndicate leaders, and members of the organizing committee joined a cultural visit, which included a short tour of one of Indonesia's hospital ships, KRI dr. Soeharso.

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