DRC: 1,359 disarmed members of government forces and their families have arrived safe and well in Kinshasa, with the support of the ICRC
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Sudan: ICRC President calls for greater humanitarian space and respect of international humanitarian law
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Mogadishu University Emerges Victorious at the First-In-Person Somali IHL Competition
… milestone because it coincided with the 75th Geneva Conventions anniversary, the cornerstone of …
UAE: Senior military officers from around the world meet to discuss laws of war
… The ICRC is formally entrusted under the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols …
Senior staff of DPRK Red Cross discuss laws of war at workshop
… also planning to distribute 500 copies of the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols in the …
Malaysia: 19th national IHL moot court competition 2022
… c) ICRC Commentaries to the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols: … Convention Charter of the United Nations 1945 Geneva Convention I on Wounded and Sick in …
Romania: the ICRC formalizes relationship with the Romanian government
… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
Nuclear weapons: An appeal for humanity
… with international humanitarian law . The Geneva Conventions were adopted 70 years ago to …
International criminal jurisdiction
… law through the adoption of the four 1949 Geneva Conventions and the establishment of the …
Russia-Ukraine international armed conflict: The Red Cross and Red Crescent response one year on
… the International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, 2023 Any part of this publication may … in the power of belligerent States, the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 activate with full force. …
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