Nigeria: Hundreds of thousands received food and assistance in 2016
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Experience of traineeships - Ellen Nohle
… team updating the Commentaries to the Geneva Conventions; I worked on classifications of …
Ethiopia: Helping the drought-affected, displaced and the vulnerable in detention
… launch of the updated commentary to the First Geneva Convention. Twenty eight people …
Generating respect for the law: The need for persistence and imagination
… organizing committee of the competition in Geneva in 1996 Coach in 1997 GENERATING … IMAGINATION* ‘One of the worst enemies of the Geneva Conventions is ignorance.’1 Jean Pictet …
Ten must-see films and series for IHL buffs
… law Atrocities in conflict mean we need the Geneva Conventions more than ever 2. Schindler's List … true story. ICRC recommended reading: Second Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the …
Indirect Fire : A technical analysis of the employment, accuracy and effects of indirect-fire artillery weapons
… and Other Devices as amended on 3 May 1996, Geneva, in force 3 December 1998, 2048 UNTS … Effects (With Protocols I, II and III). Geneva, 10 October, 1980. United Nations, … Guided Mortar Systems. Research Note No. 3. Geneva: Small Arms Survey. Jenzen-Jones, N.R. …
Messaging apps: an untapped humanitarian resource
… 31-01-2017 Geneva: New research, led by the International … please contact: Philippe Stoll, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 79 536 92 49 HUMANITARIAN … 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
Headquarters staff in Geneva
… Why are your headquarters in Geneva? What was to become the International … met for the first time in February 1863 in Geneva, Switzerland. Among the five members … persuaded governments to adopt the original Geneva Convention. This treaty obliged armies …
Catalogue of publications and films in Arabic
… 4 of Protocol V to the CCW was held in Geneva, Switzerland from 8-9 November … الإ�ضافية �إليها Summary Of The Geneva Conventions Of 12 August 1949 And Their …
Our work in Cambodia
… in accordance with its mandate under the Geneva Conventions. It has supported the construction … in accordance with its mandate under the Geneva Conventions. It has supported the …
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