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Indonesia: ICRC attends first international conference on Buddhist ethics, education, and applied Buddhism

… aspects of IHL - as enshrined in the second Geneva Conventions. He also posed the question as to …

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South Africa: 15th Annual Regional Seminar on International Humanitarian Law - Summary Report

… brings together all signatories of the Geneva Conventions and its Additional Protocols as … through the Africa Group of Ambassadors in Geneva with support from the African Union …

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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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Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC appalled by killing of PRCS medics and first responders

… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the …

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OEWG IHL

Transparency and Accountability

… was given to us by states through the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional Protocols …

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An ICRC team assesses the damages from the fighting in Yemen (2015). Thomas Glass/ICRC.

ICRC opens a new Operating Theatre in Juba Military Hospital

… which culminated in the development of the Geneva Conventions," says Andrea Heath, deputy head of …

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Conflict in Syria: Finding hope among the ruins

… 70 years ago in the creation of the Geneva Conventions. …

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Talking about the laws of war in a peaceful Pacific

… the ratification and implementation of the Geneva Conventions, its Additional Protocols and other …

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Australia: 4th Commonwealth Red Cross and Red Crescent Conference on IHL

… to respect and ensure respect for the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols. The … of the Red Cross Red Crescent to be held in Geneva, Switzerland from 8 to 10 December 2015. …

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Ethics and autonomous weapon systems: An ethical basis for human control?

… the ICRC convened a round-table meeting in Geneva from 28 to 29 August 2017 to explore the … Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Geneva, 3 April 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the … a provision that first appeared in the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, was later …

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