International Conference on the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
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Current state of affairs in the field of disarmament and arms control
… duty is enshrined in Article 1 common to the Geneva Conventions and in the principles of the Arms …
Weapons: Statement of the ICRC to the United Nations, 2018
… of an Arms Race in Outer Space, held in Geneva in August, the ICRC was able to share … Weapons Systems, which took place in Geneva in August this year, States made some …
International expert meeting report: The principle of proportionality
… Protocol I of 8 June 1977 additional to the Geneva Conventions (AP I). It prohibits attacks “which … Humanitarian Law, 3rd ed., ICRC, Geneva, 2001, p. 46. 9 Y. Sandoz, C. Swinarski …
Ten years after ban on cluster munitions, ICRC hails progress and calls on more States to join treaty
… 03-09-2018 Geneva (ICRC) – Speaking at the opening of the … please contact: Matt Clancy, ICRC Geneva, +41 79 574 15 54 …
Creating and Teaching an IHL Course
… of International and Development Studies, Geneva Andrew Clapham is a professor of … and served as the first director of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian … 2014. In 2015 he co-edited The 1949 Geneva Conventions: A Commentary with Paola Gaeta and …
Obligations in terms of penal repression - Factsheet
… repression of serious violations in the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 (GC I–IV), their Additional … repression of serious violations in the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 (GC I–IV), their …
The International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission – Factsheet
… Protocol I of 8 June 1977 additional to the Geneva Conventions (Protocol I) provides for the … Protocol I of 8 June 1977 additional to the Geneva Conventions (Protocol I) provides for …
Statute of the International Criminal Court
… humanitarian law mentioned in the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional … systems and the ICC Under the 1949 Geneva Conventions and 1977 Additional Protocol …
1972 Convention on the Prohibition of Biological Weapons
… World War, and was prohibited by the 1925 Geneva Protocol, the forerunner to the … World War, and was prohibited by the 1925 Geneva Protocol, the forerunner to the … the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross and …
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