4 days ago · GENEVA, March 6 (Reuters) - Switzerland has cancelled a conference on the application of the Geneva Conventions to the occupied Palestinian territories for want of participants, its Foreign ...

3 days ago · GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland said Thursday it decided to cancel a planned meeting of diplomats to discuss the protection of civilians in Palestinian territories, citing “profound differences” among countries. The conference, the fourth in a series and the first since 2014, had been set to take place Friday in Geneva.

3 days ago · In a decision announced on March 6, 2025, the Swiss Foreign Affairs Ministry confirmed that the planned conference on implementing the Fourth Geneva Convention in the occupied Palestinian territories will not take place. The cancellation came after extensive consultations with the high contracting p

3 days ago · Mohamed Hatem, Friday 7 Mar 2025. Switzerland has cancelled a conference on the Geneva Conventions and the occupied Palestinian territories, Bern said Thursday. The country cited a lack of ...

3 days ago · Switzerland has canceled a conference on the application of the Geneva Conventions to the Palestinian territories for want of participants, its Foreign Affairs Ministry confirms, after some ...

3 days ago · GENEVA — Switzerland said Thursday it decided to cancel a planned meeting of diplomats to discuss the protection of civilians in Palestinian territories, citing “profound differences” among ...

3 days ago · Swiss conference on occupied Palestinian territories cancelled due to lack of participants Event due to start on Friday would have brought together representatives from 196 signatories of Geneva Conventions to discuss plight of …

3 days ago · The country had invited 196 parties to the conventions to participate in the March 7 conference in Geneva on the situation of civilians living in the Israeli occupied territories. The Palestinian ...

2 days ago · Responding to Switzerland’s cancellation of a conference by the High Contracting Parties (HCP) to the Geneva Conventions, requested by a 2024 UN General Assembly resolution, on the implementation of the Fourth Geneva Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory due to disagreement between participating parties, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard said:

2 days ago · States squander vital opportunity to uphold international humanitarian law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Responding to Switzerland’s cancellation of a conference by the High Contracting Parties (HCP) to the Geneva Conventions, requested by a 2024 UN General Assembly resolution, on the implementation of the Fourth Geneva Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory due to ...