Fourth Session of the Diplomatic Conference - On the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts (CDDH)

After a number of consultations and preparatory meetings, the Diplomatic Conference on humanitarian law, convoked by the Swiss Federal Council and presided over by Mr. Pierre Graber, Federal Councillor, will soon hold its fourth session in Geneva. Its purpose is, with assistance from ICRC experts, to complete consideration of two draft protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949; one of these deals with international armed conflicts, the other with noninternational armed conflicts. An ad hoc committee will examine proposals for the regulation of the use of certain so-called conventional weapons.

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Fourth Session of the Diplomatic Conference - On the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts (CDDH) author:

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Memorandum on the Implementation and the Dissemination of Knowledge of the Geneva Conventions author: Alexandre Hay

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Appeal of the International Committee of the Red Cross author:

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Europe—Asia—Middle East—Africa author:

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Dissemination of the Red Cross Conventions: Colombia—Canary Islands—France—Poland—The Arab World author:

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Two United Nations Resolutions on the Development of International Humanitarian Law author:

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Conventional Weapons author:

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The Protection of Cultural Property author:

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Title article - 02-1977 author:

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Title article - 02-1977 author:

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Title article - 02-1976 author:

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ICRC Publications issued in 1976 author:

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