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31-12-1999 Article, International Review of the Red Cross, No. 836 On 19 July 1999, the Republic of Nicaragua ratified the ... The Protocols will come into force for the Republic of Nicaragua on 19 January ...

• 1999-12-31
• Article

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law
      • Geneva Conventions

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Nicaragua

... The ICRC has been supporting the Nicaraguan Red Cross in implementing mine-awareness activities since 1998. ... The ICRC has also funded two ambulances which the Nicaraguan Red Cross places at the ...

• 2003-01-24
• Miscellaneous
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Costa Rica

13-09-2001 News Release 01/36 The government of Nicaragua will host the third Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the ... The host country Nicaragua has not only known the scourge of ...

• 2001-09-13
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Nicaragua

States party to the Geneva Conventions and their add. Protocols - ICRC Annual report 2010 States party to the Geneva conventions and their add. protocols - ICRC Annual report 2010 International ...

• 2010-03-23
• Section

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law
      • Customary law

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law
      • Geneva Conventions

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law
      • IHL in brief

They protect people who do not take part in the fighting (civilians, medics, ... Links to selected resources. States party to the Geneva Conventions and their add.

• 2010-07-01
• Section

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law
      • Geneva Conventions

The introduction to this report provides a brief overview of current armed conflicts and of their humanitarian consequences, ... It then discusses the specific interplay between these two branches of ...

• 2011-10-31
• Report

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Direct participation in hostilities

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Multinational forces

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Occupation

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Privatization of war

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Respect for IHL

T2011.276 Implementing IHL: participation of the American States in IHL treaties and ... Dynamics are becoming further strengthened; the implementation processes at a national level are speeding up, ...

• 2012-04-26
• Publication

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Building respect for IHL
      • Advisory Service

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL in domestic law

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Mexico

In order to answer that question, the ICRC first conducted an internal study of both the reality of contemporary armed conflicts ... All options must be studied, including the preparation of soft-law ...

• 2011-12-15
• Miscellaneous

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Development of IHL

• Topic
  • Red Cross Red Crescent Movement
    • International Conference
      • 31st Conference

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Respect for IHL

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Protected persons
      • Prisoners of war and detainees

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Protected persons
      • Refugees and displaced persons

Using the humanitarian crises in Darfur and Somalia as examples, this paper considers the legal obligation of state and non-state ... Using the humanitarian crises in Darfur and Somalia as examples, ...

• 2009-06-30
• Article
• by: Rebecca Barber

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Ensuring economic security

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Water and habitat

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Health

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Protected persons
      • Humanitarian workers

• Places
  • Africa
    • Somalia

Mongolian Red Cross Society Nicaragua. “Youth on the move” in Nicaragua at this National Youth Red Cross Camp where volunteers are training to run psychosocial activities for children.

• 2012-05-06
• Photo gallery

• Topic
  • Red Cross Red Crescent Movement

• People
  • Humanitarian workers

21 LUANDA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Tracing Service ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA RED CROSS SOCIETY P.O. Box 727 RED CROSS HOUSE, ... MIRAFLORES SANTO DOMINGO ECUADOR Tracing Service ECUADOREAN RED CROSS Casilla 17-01 ...

• 2011-03-14
• Contact

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • Contacts

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Reuniting families

The publication presents the most fundamental and contemporary legal ... MEYER Michael A. (ed.), Armed Conflict and the New Law: Aspects of the 1977 Geneva Protocols and the 1981 Weapons Convention, ...

• 2011-03-16
• Publication
• by: Marco Sassòli, Antoine A. Bouvier, Anne Quintin

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Building respect for IHL
      • Education and outreach
        • Universities

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law

Andrea Bianchi (HEI), stressed in his introductory remarks that humanitarian assistance is a multifaceted phenomenon that lies at ... The normal pattern of events was as follows: if there was turmoil ...

• 2004-12-31
• Article

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Ensuring economic security

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Water and habitat

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Health

1. INTRODUCTION 9 This manual is designed for the medical, technical or administrative staff working in medium-sized hospitals ( ... 2. DEFINITION AND DESCRIPTION OF “MEDICAL WASTE” 12 MEDICAL WASTE ...

• 2012-02-09
• Publication

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Health
      • Primary health care

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Health
      • First aid and hospital care

• People
  • Medical personnel

First, there are the multiple consequences of the major crises that marked the past twelve months, particularly those that ... The confrontation between State security forces, on the one hand, ...

• 2011-12-08
• Report

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • Finances

Section on ICRC activities in Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama. ... Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama.

• 2011-06-01
• Section

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Costa Rica

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Cuba

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Dominican Republic

• Places
  • The Americas
    • El Salvador

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Guatemala

War disrupts all stages of human nutrition — the production, procurement, preparation, allocation, consumption and biological ... In closing, mention is made of rules pertaining to specific categories ...

• 2001-12-31
• Article
• by: Jelena Pejic

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Ensuring economic security

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Conduct of hostilities
      • Methods and means of warfare

An effective legal regime governing the actions of armed non-state ... From a legal point of view, such accountability seems to be more accepted when ANSAs exercise control over territory or a segment ...

• 2011-03-31
• Article
• by: Annyssa Bellal, Gilles Giacca, Stuart Casey-Maslen

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Building respect for IHL
      • Dialogue with weapon bearers

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL and other legal regimes
      • IHL and human rights

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Afghanistan

General (retd) Colin Powell2 The principles of the law of armed conflict, also known as the law of war or international ... Unquestionably, these rules – which form the core legal component of modern ...

• 2009-03-31
• Article
• by: Andrew Carswell

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Building respect for IHL
      • Dialogue with weapon bearers
        • Armed forces

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL and other legal regimes
      • IHL and human rights

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL and other legal regimes
      • Jus in bello - Jus ad bellum

• People
  • Weapon bearers
    • Armed forces

Not surprisingly, the expansion of the different kinds of NIAC has been followed by doubts about the sufficiency of the existing ... The scope of application of Protocol II is thus narrower than that ...

• 2011-03-31
• Article
• by: Jelena Pejic

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law
      • Geneva Conventions

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Afghanistan

While the First, Second and Third Geneva Conventions followed earlier, more rudimentary models of IHL, ... The Geneva Conventions also introduced the system of grave breaches and the obligation of all ...

• 2009-09-30
• Article

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law
      • Geneva Conventions

ICRC'yi Keşfedin bir yandan bu tarihi geçmişi ve ICRC'nin değerlerini anlatmakta öte yandan da kuruluşun dünya çapındaki koruma, ... Broşür aynı zamanda, amblemleri kullanma yetkisi olan kuruluşları ...

• 2012-03-14
• Section

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Turkey

Hans-Peter Gasser 30-11-1998 by Hans-Peter Gasser Extract from "International Humanitarian Law : ... humanitarian law " (Case concerning Military and Paramilitary Activit ies in and against Nicaragua).

• 1998-11-30
• Miscellaneous
• by: Hans-Peter Gasser

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law

They are also in a position to promote awareness of the rules and guarantees established by the law which, ... By using these tools, parliamentarians will find it easier to bring their governments to ...

• 1999-12-31
• Publication

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL in domestic law

Five of the six delegates killed had been seconded to the ICRC by ... After working for a humanitarian project in Nicaragua, Ingeborg went to Pakistan on her first mission for the ICRC; Chechnya, ...

• 1996-12-20
• Miscellaneous

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Russia