The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols form the basis of modern international humanitarian law, setting out how soldiers and civilians should be treated during war. Although they were ...
At the end of World War II, Japan's Unit 731 planned a biological attack on the USA. Tokyo had the technological capabilities ...
Although there is no treaty that specifically regulates cluster munitions, Additional Protocol I of 1977 to the Geneva Conventions offers internationally accepted legal standards for evaluating ...
The Geneva Conventions are a series of international treaties – four, to be precise – agreed by representatives of national governments between 1864 and 1949. Further protocols were added in ...
In welcoming the ICRC project to update the commentaries to the Geneva Conventions and their Protocols, concern was expressed about certain substantive provisions contained therein, and the ICRC ...
Open-source AI protocol enables individuals and organizations to sponsor dedicated AI nodes for pioneering research.
The 1951 Refugee Convention, supplemented by its 1967 Protocol, help protect them. They are the cornerstone of refugee protection and the key legal documents that form the basis of UNHCR’s work. The ...
The Ukrainian authorities have repeatedly prevented Russian journalists from carrying out their professional duties during the crisis, Russian official says Andrey Marochko noted that over the ...
The first Geneva Convention protects the sick and wounded by giving protection to medical facilities and their staff and any civilians helping the wounded. The convention also recognised the Red ...