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5 days ago · States sometimes called it “Geneva law,” in acknowledgment of drafting conferences hosted by the ICRC there. The Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, which did try to codify standards for the conduct of ongoing military operations, began with this qualification in their preambles: these rules were “inspired by the desire to diminish the evils of war, as far as military requirements permit … .”
2 days ago · It is envisaged at the moment that workstreams would focus on issues identified as being of grave humanitarian concern in contemporary armed conflict, including galvanizing political commitment for IHL; strengthening prevention action (i.e. strengthening IHL implementation); protection of civilian objects and infrastructure; new technologies; protection of medical personnel and medical services; IHL’s contribution to peace; the challenges of contemporary naval warfare.
Sep 12, 2024 · Today, the ICRC is again engaged in a project to conceive, standardize, and integrate into IHL a means to identify those very same specific protections, but in a way the drafters of the original 1864 Geneva Convention could not have imagined: a digital emblem specifically designed to identify the digital assets of the medical services and certain humanitarian operations.
1 day ago · The ICRC budget is becoming increasingly fragile due to its over-reliance on European and North American governments, little private contributions and very little funding from BRICS countries. By way of example, in 2021, the United States provided the ICRC over 544 million Swiss Francs, while the Russian Federation provided 1 million, China 710,000, South Africa 225,106 and Brasil made no contribution.
3 days ago · The ICRC is now one component of a large network including national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. (The Red Crescent was adopted in lieu of the Red Cross in Muslim countries.) The governing body of the ICRC is the Committee, consisting of no more than 25 members.
Sep 20, 2024 · Spoljaric reiterated that states must follow international humanitarian law, including by granting the ICRC access to prisoners of war (POWs), and emphasized the need to protect humanitarian workers following the recent deaths of three ICRC employees due to frontline shelling in Donetsk Oblast.[10]
16 hours ago · At the same time, ICAN lobbied in a regimented manner the key state delegations alongside other the NSAs, most notably the ICRC, to discuss key parts of the treaty text (Ruff, 2018), such as that on “annual meetings of the treaty membership,” while also making an argument in favor of the inclusion of “language on humanitarian assistance for nuclear victims,” and “to exclude a withdrawal clause” (Gibbons, 2018, p. 27). The TPNW was adopted in July 2017 with 122 voting in favor, 1 ...
