Malaysia: 15th national IHL moot court competition
… were in force for Plant and Page: The 1949 Geneva Conventions; the 1977 Additional Protocols; the … and Cultural Rights, 3 (1966), the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the two …
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Implementing IHL in West Africa
… the relationship with IHL in international conventions addressing terrorism, as acts of … Mr. Benjamin Charlier, Legal Adviser, ICRC Geneva, gave an update on the 4th Universal … held on 30 November – 2 December 2016 in Geneva. The meeting was organized by the ICRC …
States must act responsibly at every step along the arms transfer chain
… is enshrined in Article 1 common to the Geneva Conventions and in the principles of the Arms …
ICRC concerned at gap between commitments and practice of Arms Trade Treaty
… 20-08-2018 Tokyo/Geneva – Speaking today at a meeting of parties … information, please contact Matthew Clancy (Geneva): +41 79 574 15 54; mclancy@icrc.org …
Sudan: Providing relief to people affected by conflict
… family members and loved ones. Through the Geneva Conventions, the international community has …
Liberia: Red Cross, Press Union of Liberia hold media training in humanitarian reporting
… authorities in the domestication of the Geneva Conventions, Kampala Convention, and the Arms …
Counterterrorism, IHL and Humanitarian Action
… Protocol 1, Article 51(2); see also Geneva Convention IV, Article 33(1) and … Senior Humanitarian Policy adviser at NRC Geneva, specializing in the impact of … action. Prior to joining the NRC in Geneva in 2015, she spent eight years managing …
Framework for access to education
… (ibid.). 12 ICRC, Children in War, ICRC, Geneva, 2009, available at: … objects under IHL.19 In particular, the Geneva Conventions (GC) and Additional Protocol I (AP …
Making a case for humanitarian norms in a populist world
… Committee of the Red Cross and the Geneva Conventions that followed. And while the ICRC still has its headquarters in Geneva, we are a truly global organization of …
Humanity at stake ? Humanitarian challenges and response in a complex and insecure world
… from all countries, including China. In Geneva and in the countries that I visit, I … The ICRC is also the guardian of the Geneva Conventions, the laws which govern how …
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