a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which qualifies as a war crime, according to Ukraine's Presidential Mission in Crimea. Russian forces have repressed those refusing to serve ...
Palestinians Civilians as "Protected Persons" The Palestinian civilian inhabitants of the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip are "Protected Persons" under the Fourth Geneva Convention. They are ...
5 Protocol I, along with the Fourth Geneva Convention, lays out the law that protects civilians during war. 6 The basic principle of this branch of IHL is that of distinction between ...
The Geneva Conventions are a series of international ... clothing and medical care”, explained the Red Cross. The fourth convention, passed in 1949, was unusual in that it “contained little ...
The UN Special Rapporteurs Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng and Francesca Albanese on Thursday denounced the 'blatant disregard' for 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 ...
The Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets expressed dissatisfaction with the next report of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the war in Ukraine.