The Geneva Conventions ... President Mirjana Spoljaric of the International Committee of the Red Cross, which oversees the conventions, said Monday. “The world must recommit to this robust ...

Learn more about international humanitarian law. Red Cross and Red Crescent organisations have a unique role under the Geneva Conventions. As a neutral, impartial, and independent body, the ...

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has called on the world to respect the Geneva Conventions as the international treaties setting out the rules of war mark their 75th anniversary.

The Geneva Conventions, which aim to protect the human rights of civilians caught up in war, were signed 75 years ago, but the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sees little ...

PSC Report asked Patrick Youssef, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Director for Africa how implementation of the Geneva Conventions could be enhanced. How does Africa fair in ...

Geneva (ICRC) – On the 75 th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross made a call to make the Geneva Conventions a ...

White Flag and Red Cross In 1864, representatives of thirteen nations met in Geneva to discuss the plight of people wounded in wartime. On August 22, 1864, they signed the first Geneva Convention ...

About the series: The application and interpretation of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their two Additional Protocols of 1977 have developed significantly in the sixty years since the ICRC ...

His first demand led to the foundation of the Red Cross in 1863. The following year, 12 European powers agreed to be bound by a new treaty, the First Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the ...

The Moscow Conventions were developed to raise awareness and demand public and official recognition by the International Committee of the Red Cross that the Russian Federation violates Geneva ...

Learn more about international humanitarian law. Red Cross and Red Crescent organisations have a unique role under the Geneva Conventions. As a neutral, impartial, and independent body, the ...