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… enshrined in Article 1 common to the four Geneva Conventions. The recent peak in displacement …
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ICRC president: Upholding international humanitarian law is crucial to reducing escalating costs of war
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Sudan faces health crisis as conflict devastates medical infrastructure
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: ICRC activities in December 2019
… War, emergency preparedness, promotion of Geneva Conventions and capacity-building of the …
Bangladesh: Regional experts mull over challenges in IHL implementation
… the backdrop of the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions. Calling for greater partnerships, …
Protect all humanity by ratifying the nuclear weapon ban treaty
… Last year, the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions , the foundational instruments of …
DRC: ICRC helps transport hundreds of disarmed members of government forces from Goma to Kinshasa
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Haiti: Renewed call for protection of health services, humanitarian access and respect for the red cross emblem
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Philippines: Agusan del Norte farmers seek to boost harvest processing capacity with new equipment
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The use of explosive weapons in densely populated areas and the prohibition of indiscriminate attacks
… multilateral convention on IHL, namely, the “Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the … International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva This presentation is divided in three … of the 1977 Additional Protocols to Geneva Conventions of 1949, ICRC, New Delhi, pp …
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