A strange-looking object caught the attention of seven-year-old Saw Khu Thauy and his nine-year-old friend. But little did they know that what seemed like a toy was in fact an unexploded ordnance …
International Humanitarian Law at the National Level: Impact and Role ofNational Committees International Humanitarian Law at the National Level: Impact and Role ofNational Committees 12.8.2003 15:31 …
Fatima gets to meet her husband Abdul for only one week every year. While she is in Zamboanga, he is in Manila – both opposite ends of the country of Philippines . Abdul was detained in September …
The east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a scene of repeated armed clashes, which have forced thousands of families to flee their homes. Being accepted in another community and finding a …
Prof. Dr Lok Raj Baral, social scientist and political analyst, underlined the interrelation between society and law in his inaugural speech at the opening of the Advanced IHL South Asia Academics …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) presents the exhibition "A falta que você faz" (The Void You Left) from August 30, 2019 to September 29, 2019 at the Dragão do Mar Center for Art …
The ICRC head of policy, Dr Hugo Slim, gave a speech at the 5th Singapore Red Cross Humanitarian Conference on the theme of partnerships and volunteerism for humanity on 20 July 2019. It is a very …
Nearly 40 representatives of the Philippines justice and law-enforcement agencies learned more about international humanitarian law (IHL) and the applicability of domestic IHL legislation in a …
Kuala Lumpur – Celebrating 70 years of the momentous Geneva Conventions , this year's edition of the Young Humanitarian Writers' competition calls upon the youth of Malaysia to share their thoughts …
The Geneva Conventions – one of humanity's most important accomplishments of the last century - are turning 70 on 12 August 2019. It's a moment to celebrate all the lives the conventions have helped …
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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.
