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Senior Humanitarian Professionals and Policy Makers Course in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) 2024

… About the Event Organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), this course on international humanitarian law (IHL) is designed to help senior …

Event

Experts Discuss New Technologies in Warfare and International Humanitarian Law

… the theme 'New Technologies in Warfare and International Humanitarian Law' and deliberated on the application of IHL …

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Nigeria: ECOWAS member states discuss implementation of international humanitarian law

… 28-06-2016 Abuja (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross … on the implementation of international humanitarian law in the West African region. The 13th …

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Strengthening international humanitarian law - Protecting persons deprived of their liberty

… Statement Meeting of States on Strengthening International Humanitarian Law Protecting Persons Deprived of their …

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23rd course in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) for humanitarian professionals and policy makers

… The ICRC's 23rd course in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) for humanitarian professionals and …

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China: Participants discuss how international humanitarian law fosters peace

… Geneva Conventions of 1949. On May 25, the International Committee of the Red Cross … Four 1949 Geneva Conventions: International Humanitarian Law and Peace" in Changchun, Jilin Province, …

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International Humanitarian Law and New Technologies Workshop - Kigali, Rwanda

… exchanges between military practitioners, humanitarians and academic experts to raise … of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Rwanda National … in compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL). The International Committee of the …

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West Bank: Israel must abide by International Humanitarian Law

… Jerusalem/Tel Aviv (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross … West Bank, Israel is bound by international humanitarian law. It has a duty to ensure the protection, …

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Singapore: What do youth think of international humanitarian law?

International Humanitarian Law  (IHL) may be easy to understand by those … of the sessions, which was organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross …

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Fiji: The Pacific Islands Roundtable on International Humanitarian Law

… Waites/ICRC Tuiloma Neroni Slade, former International Criminal Court judge and Pacific … the Roundtable are good to help address such humanitarian issues. And what better time to … the Fijian tourism hub of Nadi to discuss the laws of armed conflict? To the International

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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.