Sri Lanka: Exploring contemporary challenges to international humanitarian law
… The Geneva Conventions enjoy universal acceptance, even …
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Bosnia-Herzegovina: 25 years dedicated to humanity
… Cross emblem. In a shocking violation of the Geneva Conventions, the convoy was attacked at the …
Afghanistan: ICRC Director-General highlights massive humanitarian needs and calls for sustained international support
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
World Water Day: Bringing safe drinking water closer to conflict-affected families in Misamis Oriental, Philippines
… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …
Frequently asked questions: ICRC’s work in Israel and the occupied territories
… humanitarian law (IHL) with the fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 that specifically … that triggered the application of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, the Palestinian territory …
Dialogue with the past: the ICRC and the Nazi death camps
… of prisoners of war not protected by the 1929 Geneva Convention. The draft was the subject … the work that led to the adoption of the Geneva Convention relative to the protection …
Malaysia: Course explores humanitarian law and counterterrorism in 21st century
… humanitarian law (IHL) through the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols. …
Counter-terrorism activities must respect protections afforded by international humanitarian law
… organizations by the State parties to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their 1977 Additional …
Digitalizing the Red Cross, Red Crescent and Red Crystal Emblems
… Risks, and Possible Solutions, ICRC, Geneva, 2022. CONTENTS … such as: • a new Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions, to recognize and regulate a …
Invitation to bid for ICRC tender for hygienic parcels
… extended to March 31th, 2022 at 17:00 (Geneva time) • Sample delivery to the ICRC Geneva and the assigned external laboratory: … Humanitarian Law, notably the Geneva Conventions. Within the above mandates and …
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