The UN Human Rights Council’s decision to pursue an international treaty on the rights of older people is a landmark victory ...

The last time countries met to discuss the treaty was December, but they were unable to come to an agreement.  The global ...

The Geneva Convention sets out the key concept of non-refoulement, a cornerstone of international refugee protection.

In April at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, more than 190 countries will attempt to mount a final push to ...

The enforcement of the Geneva Conventions lies in states themselves, and therein lies the weak spot in IHL: The laws seem to ...

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's photo op in an El Salvadoran prison drew swift backlash online, but ...

The conference was set to address the Fourth Geneva Convention, part of a series of international treaties agreed in 1949 after World War Two, which defines humanitarian protections for civilians ...

Switzerland has canceled a conference on the application of the Geneva Conventions to the occupied Palestinian territories for want of participants, its Foreign Affairs Ministry confirmed on ...

The Senate Committee on Naval Affairs unanimously approved legislation to build the fighting fleet up to full treaty strength ... Conference now sitting at Geneva. This view impressed Senator ...

Bern, 06.03.2025 - The Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions on the implementation of the Fourth Convention (prot ...