Niger: Humanitarian law manual for armed forces
… armed forces training. Niger is party to the Geneva Conventions and to most other humanitarian law … +227 96 66 99 12 Claire Aude Kaplun, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 31 49 or +41 79 244 64 …
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Sudan: ICRC president warns of dire consequences if war in Sudan rages unabated for third year
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
How we are run
… was given to us by states through the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional …
ICRC statement to UN Security Council opens debate on preventing and combating financing of terrorism
… to demonstrate their commitment to the 1949 Geneva Conventions in their 70th anniversary year. …
The ICRC’s global engagement with the Judicial Sector on international humanitarian law
… supports the efforts of States Party to the Geneva Conventions to respect and ensure respect for …
Australia: 4th Commonwealth Red Cross and Red Crescent Conference on IHL
… to respect and ensure respect for the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols. … of the Red Cross Red Crescent to be held in Geneva, Switzerland from 8 to 10 December …
International Conference on Islam and IHL - Statement by the ICRC
… humanitarian law is represented by the Geneva Conventions: four universally ratified … Our delegates learned to see the rules of the Geneva Conventions with different eyes – …
Development in the legal protection of IDPs
… All states in the world are now party to the Geneva Conventions – the international treaties that … genevaconventions 6. http://www.un.org/icc/ 7. …
Mauritius: Conveying meaningful IHL messages through vivid murals
… basic principles that are enshrined in the Geneva conventions, what IHL stands for and its role …
Footballer Kalidou Koulibaly teams up with ICRC to defend humanitarian law in Africa
… It also marks the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions and echoes the ICRC's new …
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