Further accessions to the Geneva Conventions

1968 ◽  
Vol 8 (86) ◽  
pp. 266-266
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Review ◽  
Geneva Conventions

In its issue of October 1967, the International Review stated that 116 States were parties to the Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949. Since then, the International Committee of the Red Cross has been informed by the Federal Political Department of the participation of two new countries to these Conventions.

Further participation in the Geneva Conventions

1968 ◽  
Vol 8 (89) ◽  
pp. 406-406
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Review ◽  
Geneva Conventions

In its number for June 1968, the International Review mentioned that 118 States were parties to the Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949. Since then, the International Committee of the Red Cross has been informed by the Federal Political Department in Berne of the participation by the Kingdom of Lesotho in these Conventions.

“The Red Cross and My Country” in Asia

1971 ◽  
Vol 11 (120) ◽  
pp. 156-157
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Review ◽  
Geneva Conventions ◽  
Teacher's Manual

On several occasions, International Review has mentioned the efforts of the International Committee of the Red Cross to disseminate knowledge of the principles of the Geneva Conventions in schools, through the publication of a textbook “The Red Cross and My Country” with its complement the “Teacher's Manual”. It is highly desirable that these booklets, edited and illustrated by the ICRC, should be made known and disseminated as widely as possible.

Responses to the ICRC's Appeal to have the Rules of Humanity Respected in Viet Nam

1965 ◽  
Vol 5 (54) ◽  
pp. 477-478 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Military Personnel ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Viet Nam ◽  
International Review ◽  
Geneva Conventions ◽  
The Republic

As the International Review mentioned in its previous number, the International Committee of the Red Cross addressed an appeal to the Governments of the Republic of Viet Nam, of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam and of the United States of America. This appeal was also sent to the National Front of Liberation. The ICRC reminded these authorities that they are bound by the provisions of the Geneva Conventions giving protection to military personnel placed “hors de combat” and persons not taking part in hostilities.

Draft Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions

1974 ◽  
Vol 14 (156) ◽  
pp. 140-140
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Review ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Geneva Conventions

The International Committee is publishing a report on the proceedings of the XXIInd International Conference of the Red Cross in the course of its consideration of the draft Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949. We quote below the introduction to that report. The three conference resolutions to which it refers were published in the January 1974 issue of International Review.

Dissemination of Knowledge of the Geneva Conventions

1971 ◽  
Vol 11 (123) ◽  
pp. 325-329
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
International Review ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
International Conference ◽  
University Courses ◽  
Geneva Conventions

In its preceding issue, International Review had announced, after publishing the text of two letters in which the ICRC drew the attention of National Societies to the importance of an ever-wider diffusion of the Geneva Conventions, that a further letter would be printed relative to University courses on international humanitarian law. This runs as follows:In its circular sent in January 1971, the International Committee of the Red Cross had the honour to inform you, in a provisional account, of the action undertaken by some thirty National Societies in the important realm of the dissemination of knowledge on the Geneva Conventions, consistent with resolution IX adopted by the XXIst International Conference of the Red Cross at Istanbul.

Publications on the Geneva Conventions

1965 ◽  
Vol 5 (48) ◽  
pp. 139-143
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Review ◽  
Geneva Conventions

Last month the International Review published an article by Mr. Frédéric Siordet, member of the ICRC, on the dissemination of the Geneva Conventions. He recalled the efforts undertaken, in particular by the ICRC, to make more widely known the texts of these Conventions and the obligations incumbent upon signatory States.Following this article, readers will, we believe, be interested in the following list of publications, lectures, films, etc., produced by the International Committee of the Red Cross to promote the dissemination of the 1949 Geneva Conventions.

Protection of Civilian Populations Against the Dangers of Indiscriminate Warfare

1967 ◽  
Vol 7 (75) ◽  
pp. 300-311
Author(s):  
Samuel A. Gonard
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Geneva Conventions ◽  
The Hague

We have the honour of enclosing the text of a memorandum dated May 19, 1967, addressed by the International Committee of the Red Cross to the Governments of States parties to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and to the IVth Convention of The Hague of 1907, concerning the laws and customs of war on land. This memorandum bears on the protection of civilian populations against the dangers of indiscriminate warfare and, in particular, on the implementation of Resolution XXVIII of the XXth International Conference of the Red Cross.

Geneva Conventions in African Schools

1969 ◽  
Vol 9 (100) ◽  
pp. 370-373
Keyword(s):  
Red Cross ◽  
International Review ◽  
Geneva Conventions ◽  
French And English

In the March issue of International Review we gave information on the campaign which had been started in African schools in order to make widely known the sign of the Red Cross, through the medium of a textbook entitled The Red Cross and My Country. This wide campaign aroused both among youth and the authorities an increasing interest. It was stated in that issue that by the end of February the textbook, in French and English, had been distributed in schools in fourteen countries.

ICRC surgical activities

1991 ◽  
Vol 31 (284) ◽  
pp. 483-490
Author(s):  
Rémi Russbach ◽  
Robin Charles Gray ◽  
Robin Michael Coupland
Keyword(s):  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Medical Services ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Main Role ◽  
Army Medical ◽  
Geneva Conventions

The surgical activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross stem from the institution's general mandate to protect and assist the victims of armed conflict.The war wounded are thus only one category of the victims included in the ICRC's terms of reference.The ICRC's main role in relation to the war wounded is not to treat them, for this is primarily the responsibility of the governments involved in the conflict and hence their army medical services. The task of the ICRC is first and foremost to ensure that the belligerents are familiar with the provisions of the Geneva Conventions and apply them, that is, care for members of the enemy armed forces as well as their own and afford medical establishments and personnel the protection to which they are entitled.

History of the International, Committee of the Red Cross

1963 ◽  
Vol 3 (32) ◽  
pp. 606-606
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Review ◽  
History Of ◽  
German Edition

The last issue of the International Review contained an article on the book which Mr. Pierre Boissier has just had published: Histoire du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge. The first volume, in French, is available from the Editions Plon, Paris. The German edition is still being prepared.

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