The European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) and the Geneva Convention Bureau have announced that Geneva, Switzerland, has been ...

To conquer a place is to fundamentally subdue its population. This must be clearly differentiated from 'occupation', a specific legal term that governs ...

constituting a grave breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention and a crime against humanity under the Rome Statute. She noted that Israeli military strikes continue across Gaza, leaving no place safe.

One replied: “No state of war exists, therefore the Geneva Convention does not apply.” Another contended that “Kristi Noem is not in the military, and the US is not currently involved in any ...

Delegates from more than 180 countries are gathering in Switzerland to discuss placing restrictions on several toxic ...

The enforcement of the Geneva Conventions lies in states themselves, and therein lies the weak spot in IHL: The laws seem to protect on paper but are difficult to enforce in practice. A drone view ...

Documentary heritage related to the life and work of naturalist Charles Darwin, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) adopted by the UN in 1948 and the Geneva Conventions that contain ...

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed concern on Friday over the compatibility of recent Israeli evacuation orders with international humanitarian ...

In short, the world needs a Digital Geneva Convention. The process of creating the Digital Geneva Convention involves formidable challenges and will require political will and commitment from ...

On August 22, 1864, they signed the first Geneva Convention, agreeing that those wounded in war, as well as the people and facilities catering to the wounded, would merit non-belligerent status.

MOSCOW, June 21. /TASS/. Two Americans recently captured in Donbass are being accused of mercenarism and therefore are not subject to the Geneva Convention, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told ...

Speaking at a press conference in Geneva, Shamdasani stressed that the permanent displacement of civilians within occupied territories amounts to forcible transfer, constituting a grave breach of ...