Visits to the ICRC

• ICRC President Comelio Sommaruga received the members of the International Law Commission (ILC) at ICRC headquarters on 7 June 1990.The Commission is a subsidiary body of the United Nations General Assembly. Its 34 members are elected from among the most eminent representatives of the world's different legal systems. The Commission is entrusted with the task of promoting the codification and development of international law. It is currently working on the codification of offences against the peace and security of mankind (which include war crimes) and the setting up of an international criminal court.

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Missions by the President author:

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Africa–Latin America–Asia–Middle East–Europe author:

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European symposium in Prague: Europe in transition - the humanitarian perspective author:

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Joint Commission of the Empress Shôken Fund No. 81 - Sixty-ninth distribution of income author:

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International Seminar in Taormina (Sicily): Protection of human life and civil defence author:

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Romania ratifies the Protocols author:

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Title article - 08-1990 author: Françoise Perret

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Title article - 08-1990 author: Brigitte Lacroix

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New Publications author:

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15th Round Table on current problems of international humanitarian law author:

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