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It says that Israel’s evacuation plan is unlawful under international law and the Geneva Convention, which prohibits forced displacement of civilians. [read post]
They emphasized that all accusations based on the deployment of chloroacetophenone grenades, prohibited by the Geneva Convention, rely on unconfirmed data. [read post]
” Article 13 of the Third Geneva Convention provides that prisoners of war must be humanely treated at all times, including that of international armed conflict. [read post]
6 Feb 2024, 5:22 am by Eliav Lieblich
Introduction Article 4(1) of the Fourth Geneva Convention (hereinafter – GCIV) defines the status of Protected Persons as follows: Persons protected by the Convention are those who at a given moment and in any manner whatsoever, find themselves, in case of a conflict or occupation, in the hands of a Party to the conflict or Occupying Power of which they are not nationals. [read post]
31 Jan 2024, 6:35 am by Roger Bate
” Ministers will also be asked to approve the text of a new World Health Organization (WHO) convention to combat future pandemics. [read post]
27 Jan 2024, 2:29 pm
My decision to vote in favour of the measures indicated rests on the plausible claim by South Africa that certain statements by Israeli State officials, including members of its military, give rise to a real and imminent risk of irreparable prejudice to the rights of Palestinians under the Genocide Convention (see paragraphs 50-52 of the Order). [read post]
24 Jan 2024, 6:00 am by Chile Eboe-Osuji
As reflected in its long title — the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide — parties to the Convention are obligated not only to refrain from committing or aiding and abetting genocide by their own conduct, but also to repress and punish direct and public incitement to commit genocide. [read post]
23 Jan 2024, 6:05 am by Richard J. Rogers
Rather, war crimes will be prosecuted under article 438 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code, “violations of rules of warfare”, which covers serious violations of customary or applicable conventional IHL, such as the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I, as well as weapons treaties, such as the Chemical Weapons Convention. [read post]
23 Jan 2024, 5:40 am by Rosa-Lena Lauterbach
Article 23 para. 2 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which (given its customary nature) applies universally, also upholds that a party to the conflict may satisfy itself that there are no legitimate reasons to deny access to humanitarian aid or to otherwise withhold consent. [read post]
18 Jan 2024, 8:32 am by Michael W. Meier
   This view is reiterated in the 2016 ICRC Commentary to the First Geneva Convention. [read post]
18 Jan 2024, 5:50 am by Gaiane Nuridzhanian
While the outbreak of hostilities in Gaza has, to a large extent, pushed the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine out of the headlines, it is imperative that the international community not lose sight of the importance of bringing Russia’s aggression to an end. [read post]
17 Jan 2024, 6:29 am by Nicholas Rostow
This history explains why little in the Hague or Geneva Conventions (or Protocols) is absolute. [read post]
16 Jan 2024, 8:05 am by Yuval Shany
First, Israel claimed that its military actions did not amount to violations of the actus reus requirement of the Genocide Convention. [read post]
 Under Article 79 of the Geneva Convention, journalists “engaged in dangerous professional missions” in war zones are seen as civilians, extending the same protections to journalists and civilians local to a conflict zone under the Rome Statute. [read post]
10 Jan 2024, 7:30 am by Sean Murphy
Indeed, a documentary appendix to the Manual (pp. 1161 et seq.) identifies the relevant treaties to which the United States is a party, such as the 1907 Hague and 1949 Geneva Conventions and the Biological Weapons Convention. [read post]
Civilians are protected under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and Geneva Conventions. [read post]