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Warfare rewired: drones and civilian risk
04 Jul 2025 08:01 GMT
… many of the victims of these strikes … Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols already prohibit indiscriminate attacks and explicitly protect civilians … perspective, “the person remotely controlling the … Humanitarian Law and Human Rights in Geneva.
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Human Rights in Venezuela: Analysis of the UN Report and the Response of the Bolivarian Government
02 Jul 2025 23:41 GMT
… Declaration of Human Rights and the Geneva Conventions, and actively … through interviews with victims and witnesses, meetings … civic space and protecting human rights defenders and social … actors to strengthen human rights protections and improve living …
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Russians suspected of brutally executing Ukrainian POW – Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner
01 Jul 2025 19:19 GMT
… Lubinets, Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights
Quote from Lubinets: "Russia … International humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions. Russians have probably executed a …
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Human rights activist appeals to UNESCO over crackdown on Russian media in Baku
01 Jul 2025 11:32 GMT
… take measures to guarantee the protection of journalists’ rights in these … Geneva Conventions and international law, journalists and other media professionals must be protected … is by law under the protection of all countries party to …
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High Court rules against human rights group over arms sales to Israel
30 Jun 2025 21:53 GMT
… Al-Haq, a Palestinian human rights organisation, telling the High … International UK, Oxfam and Human Rights Watch intervened in the … ensure respect for the Geneva Conventions, to prevent genocide and … used to deliberately attack civilians in Gaza and destroy …
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'Israel' establishes first civilian court in West Bank settlement
02 Jul 2025 20:20 GMT
… broad jurisdiction over personal status matters … Geneva Convention, an occupying power is prohibited from transferring parts of its civilian … By institutionalizing a civilian religious court within … territory.
Moreover, human rights groups and international …
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Trailblazing in turmoil: how Ukraine is shaping international law on environmental protection in times of war
02 Jul 2025 13:00 GMT
… one of the gravest victims of Russia’s full- … primarily aimed at protecting different categories of persons who do not … environment is recognised as a civilian object, meaning that it … Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, in particular Articles 35. …
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Trapped in Russia’s grip: Ukrainian civilians held in captivity for over seven years
02 Jul 2025 11:03 GMT
… the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman, NGOs, and … the Media Initiative for Human Rights, citing data from … loved ones to human rights organizations or state authorities … which violates the Geneva Conventions on the protection of civilians, releasing them …
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Iranian law professors call on intl. academic community to condemn Israel's illegal aggression
05 Jul 2025 04:05 GMT
… the four Geneva Conventions, all … persons and properties, in addition to benefiting from general protections for civilians and civilian … objects, are specifically protected … Cyber-attacks on civilian targets are prohibited. …
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Iran presses UN to identify US, Israel as ‘aggressors’ – What does the law say?
05 Jul 2025 01:44 GMT
… targeted residential areas, civilian infrastructure, and public … Human Rights Committee (General Comment No. 36) affirms that these protections … the UN Human Rights Committee Report on Human Rights in … set out in the Geneva Conventions Protocol I, Article …