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War crimes under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and their source in international humanitarian law – Table

Table seeking to provide the war crimes over which the International Criminal Court (ICC) has jurisdiction, together with the definition of such offences as found in other sources of international …

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Discussions on Strengthening Compliance with International Humanitarian Law, Geneva, 8-9 November 2012

WORKING GROUP MEETING ON STRENGTHENING COMPLIANCE WITH IHL November 8 and 9, 2012 BACKGROUND DOCUMENT GENEVA, OCTOBER 2012 THE PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT IS TO FACILITATE DEBATE AT THE WORKING GROUP …

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Strengthening compliance with IHL: Meeting with a group of States, November 2012

Discussions on Strengthening Compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL), Geneva, 8/9 November 2012 …

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Health care in danger: The human cost

The law says hospitals, ambulances and health-care workers must be protected and should never be targeted as they carry out their regular duties. This is often far from the reality. Worldwide, the …

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Contemporary challenges for IHL

In contemporary armed conflicts civilians are the primary victims of violations of IHL committed by both State and non-State parties. The nature of contemporary armed conflicts continues to provide …

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Model legislative provisions on the recruitment or use of children in armed conflict - Model law

Document suggesting model legislative provisions to be used by States as guidance in the drafting of legislation prohibiting the recruitment or use of children in armed conflict. t h e D o m e s t i …

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Chemical and biological weapons

The international community banned the use of chemical and biological weapons after World War I and reinforced the ban in 1972 and 1993 by prohibiting the development, production, stockpiling and …

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Discussion on Strengthening Compliance with International Humanitarian Law, Geneva, 8-9 April 2013

2nd Discussion on Strengthening Compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Functions of a possible IHL compliance system and their features 8–9 April 2013 Background document Geneva, March …

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Strengthening Compliance with IHL – Second Meeting of States on Strengthening Compliance with IHL, June 2013

Second Meeting of States on Strengthening Compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL) June 17/18, 2013 Geneva Background Document May 2013 Contents 1. Introduction …

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ICRC library

Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.

IHL treaties

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 IHL

Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.