Geneva Conventions
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THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS OF 12 AUGUST 1949
www.icrc.orgthe ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. It directs and coordinates the international activities conducted by the Movement in armed conflicts and other situations of violence. THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS OF 12 AUGUST 1949 ...
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August ...
www.ilsa.org3. This Protocol, which supplements the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 for the protection of war victims, shall apply in the situations referred to in Article 2 common to those Conventions. 4. The situations referred to in the preceding paragraph include armed conflicts in which peoples are fighting
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW
www.icrc.orgrepresentatives of the States party to the Geneva Conventions at an International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent. Basis for ICRC action During international armed conflicts, the ICRC bases its work on the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Additional Protocol I of 1977 (see Q4). Those treaties lay down the ICRC’s right to
DOCUMENT TYPES AND NAMING CONVENTIONS - CERN
lhc-proj-qawg.web.cern.chCH-1211 Geneva 23 Switzerland Quality Assurance Definition DOCUMENT TYPES AND NAMING CONVENTIONS Abstract The purpose of this document is to identify the types of document used for the construction of the LHC and to define the naming conventions applicable to documents. An overview of the purpose of the different document types, and their role ...
Non-refoulement and the Scope of its Application - UNHCR
www.unhcr.orgratification of international conventions for the protection of refugees, supervising their ... Geneva 1992, para. 28. 2. those who have not had their status formally declared.9 The principle of non-refoulement is of particular relevance to asylum-seekers. As …
Convention on the Continental Shelf, 1958 - United Nations
legal.un.org2 Convention on the Continental Shelf Done at Geneva on 29 April 1958 The States Parties to this Convention Have agreed as follows: Article 1 For the purpose of these articles, the term “continental shelf” is used as referring (a) to the seabed andsubsoil of the submarine areas adjacent to the coast but outside the area of the territorial sea, to a depth of 200
THE REFUGEE CONVENTION, 1951 - UNHCR
www.unhcr.orgRefugees and Stateless Persons at Geneva 2-25 July 1951.2 It entered into force on 22 April 1954, and 102 States have now ratified or acceded to it. Originally, the scope of application of the Convention was limited to events occurring in Europe or elsewhere before 1 January 1951.
GENEVA CONVENTION III: PRISONERS OF WAR - loc.gov
www.loc.govGeneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War in 1929. This convention complemented the requirements of the 1907 Hague Regulations and expanded safeguards for POWs. This convention applied even if all parties to a conflict were not signatories. I. World War II. re not signatories to the relevant . Once again, all the ...
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961
legal.un.org2 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations Done at Vienna on 18 April 1961 The States Parties to the present Convention, Recalling that peoples of all nations from ancient times have recognized the status of diplomatic agents, Having in mind the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations concerning the sovereign equality of States, the maintenance of …