Protecting Health Care: Key Recommendations
This guide provides recommendations for devising policies and strategies and for developing and implementing practical measures to prevent violence against patients, health-care workers and …
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Action by the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Event of Violations of International Humanitarian Law or of Other Fundamental Rules Protecting Persons in Situations of Violence
The guidelines concerning ICRC action in the event of violations of international humanitarian law have recently been reviewed and supplemented to take account of various developments that have …
Interpretive Guidance on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities under International Humanitarian Law
After six years of expert discussions and research, the ICRC has published the "Interpretive Guidance on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities under International Humanitarian Law", which …
The Montreux Document on Private Military and Security Companies
The Montreux Document is the result of an international process launched by the Government of Switzerland and the ICRC. It is an intergovernmental document intended to promote respect for …
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction
This booklet contains the text of the "Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction" adopted on 18 September 1997 by …
Red Cross Red Crescent: Protecting the witnesses (magazine)
Journalists are often the first to expose the reality and the crimes of war. They are also crucial witnesses to the suffering and needs of vulnerable people in times of conflict and natural disaster. …
Movement Policy on Internal Displacement Resolution No. 5 of the 2009 Council of Delegates
The Movement Policy on Internal Displacement proposes 10 principles for addressing forced displacement. The policy guidelines refer to the importance of national law and international human rights, …
Red Cross Red Crescent: Programmed for war (magazine)
From microscopic weapons to fully automated robotic fighting machines, the technology of warfare is changing rapidly. As the first Geneva Convention of 1864 turns 150 years old this year, we look to …
Convention on Cluster Munitions
This booklet contains the text of the Convention on Cluster Munitions adopted on 30 May 2008 by the Dublin Diplomatic Conference on Cluster Munitions. It is intended to promote understanding of the …
Missing Persons: A Handbook for Parliamentarians
This manual, elaborated jointly by the Inter-parliamentary Union (IPU) and the ICRC, is composed of three sections. The first chapter contextualises the issue of persons reported missing following an …
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