The Additional Protocols at 40
… 8 June 2017, the Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 will turn 40. To mark this … number of publications and organize events in Geneva and in its delegations around the world …
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Making better use of data on attacks against health care
… on Attacks on Health Care in Emergencies. (Geneva: WHO, 2016: 2). 3 ICRC, Health Care in Danger - January 2012 to December 2014 (Geneva: ICRC, 2015:4). 4 WHO, “Definition and … global 88 Includes violations of IHL, Geneva Conventions, Human Rights, medical neutrality, …
Protection of civilians in armed conflict
… armed 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 …
China: Forty years anniversary of Additional Protocols – a grand gathering of IHL experts
… Pejic, senior legal adviser of the ICRC in Geneva, gives her presentation on generating … makes his presentation on the impact of the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols on …
Asia regional conference discusses ways to generate respect for humanitarian law
… Mr Benjamin Charlier, ICRC legal adviser in Geneva, highlighted that existing mechanisms, … Article 90 of Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions to enquire into allegations of …
China: a conference to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions
… of the 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions. This Conference aims to … 1977 of the two Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions was a milestone in the …
China: Updated Commentary on the First Geneva Convention launched at the CUPL
… to the Updated Commentary on the First Geneva Convention, makes comments at the … / ICRC The Updated Commentary on the First Geneva Convention was launched at the China … of updating the Commentary on the First Geneva Convention relating to the protection …
Creation of a sub-regional platform on IHL for Indian Ocean island states
… in accordance with obligations under the 1949 Geneva Conventions. This was one of the outcomes of … in accordance with obligations under the 1949 Geneva Conventions. This was one of the …
EHL list of documents
… of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 60 01 F +41 …
Humanitarian challenges 2017: ICRC Colombia Report
… in 1863, the ICRC is the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
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