2017 treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons Ratification kit : State participation in and implementation of the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons ADVISORY SERVICE ON INTERNATIONAL …
International Humanitarian Law: A Comprehensive Introduction is a handbook that aims to promote and strengthen knowledge of international humanitarian law (IHL) among academics, weapon-bearers, …
Universal meeting of national committees and similar bodies on IHL (NCIHL) International humanitarian law (IHL) affords protection to people and property in armed conflict, but only if its rules are …
"A part of my agony vanished that day. For so many years I had worried where he was, if he was hungry, if he was cold. Now at last I know where he is." The words of a Milka Budimrović after her …
From 10 to 11 April 2018, the ICRC regional delegation for the Russian Federation, Belarus and Moldova, together with the Federal Archival Agency of the Russian Federation, gathered archivists from …
International humanitarian law (IHL) affords protection to people and property in armed conflict, but only if its rules are properly recognized, clearly understood and fully complied with, when and …
It has been 36 years since the armed conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom began as a result of the dispute over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands. Over this period, the ICRC has undertaken a …
Five questions on chemical weapons with Johnny Nehme, a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear expert at the ICRC: 1. In your view, why are chemical weapons banned? Their indiscriminate nature. …
Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer , President of the ICRC, during the Conference on International Security in Moscow When I became ICRC President in 2012, countries in the broader Middle East were …
As part of continuing reflections on the legal and ethical issues raised by autonomous weapons systems, the ICRC convened a round-table meeting in Geneva from 28 to 29 August 2017 to explore the …
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Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.
International humanitarian law is based on a number of treaties, in particular the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols, and a series of other instruments.
Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.
