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Issues raised regarding the Rome Statute of the ICC by national Constitutional Courts, Supreme Courts and Councils of State

This document contains a summary of the most important issues of constitutionality raised by different national judicial and quasi-judicial bodies with regard to the ratification of the Statute for …

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The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The Layha [Code of Conduct] For Mujahids

Annex This document is reproduced as a reference text to the article ‘The Layha for the Mujahideen: an analysis of the code of conduct for the Taliban fighters under Islamic Law’, by Muhammad Munir, …

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Guiding Principles for the Domestic Implementation of a Comprehensive System of Protection for Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups

Guiding principles intended to support States in the implementation of a system of protection for children recruited by armed forces or armed groups. ADVISORY SERVICE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN …

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Strengthening compliance with IHL: Meeting with a group of States, 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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How does law protect in war?

Cases, documents and teaching materials on contemporary practice in international humanitarian law. A selection of nearly three hundred case studies provides university professors, practitioners and …

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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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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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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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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.