The country had invited 196 parties to the conventions to participate in Geneva but then told them the gathering had been ...

There was 'no desire from the other contracting parties to postpone or continue,' says Franz Perrez, head of directorate of ...

Switzerland has invited 196 states who are parties to the Geneva Conventions to participate in a conference next week on the ...

Switzerland has informed states that it has cancelled a conference on the application of the Geneva Conventions to the ...

There is no sufficient cross-regional critical mass supporting the text of the Final Draft Declaration,' says Foreign ...

United Nations-backed human rights experts have accused Israel of “the systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other ...

Six months ago, the United Nations General Assembly asked Switzerland to organise a conference on the fourth Geneva Convention, which offers protection to civilians in armed conflicts, to address the ...

Some states are attempting to shield Israel from accountability,' UN special rapporteur says after failed conference on ...

Switzerland has cancelled a conference on the Geneva Conventions and the occupied Palestinian territories, Bern said Thursday ...

Switzerland said it will host an international conference on March 7 on the protection of Palestinian civilians in the ...

Responding to Switzerland’s cancellation of a conference by the High Contracting Parties (HCP) to the Geneva Conventions, ...

A new report by the U.N. accuses Israel of the increasing use of sexual violence against Palestinians and genocidal acts ...