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Call for Papers: Ethiopian Journal of International Humanitarian Law (EJIHL)

… Achievements, challenges, and way forward The International Committee of the Red Cross … is a neutral, impartial and independent humanitarian organization with an … the "guardian" of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), the law applicable in situations of …

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China: Tenth international humanitarian law moot court opens in Beijing

… 18-11-2016 Beijing - The tenth edition of the international humanitarian law (IHL) moot competition- an …

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2015 Advanced Seminar in International Humanitarian Law for University Lecturers

… by the ICRC and the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights , aimed to help lecturers …

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Afghanistan: ICRC welcomes greater efforts to respect international humanitarian law

… 07-10-2015 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross … for the activation of the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission, a body, … facility, which should be protected under the laws of armed conflict, that would be a …

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22nd course in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) for humanitarian professionals and policy makers

… The ICRC's 22nd course in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) for humanitarian professionals and …

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Pakistan: Conference on humanitarian action in the light of sharia and international humanitarian law

… 22-10-2014 Islamabad (ICRC) – A two-day international conference on challenges and perspectives of humanitarian action in the light of sharia and international humanitarian law opened today in Islamabad. The conference, …

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China: Hong Kong moot brings Asian perspective into International Humanitarian Law

… The 17th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot for Asia Pacific region, …

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International humanitarian law course for practitioners in Paris 2018 (in French)

… Red Cross, this immersive five-day course in international humanitarian law (IHL) is open to humanitarian

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Humanizing the laws of war – the Red Cross and the development of International Humanitarian Law

… cycle on Generating respect for the law , the ICRC and the German Permanent … of War – the Red Cross and the Development of International Humanitarian Law" edited by Robin Geiß, …

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25th Course in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) for Humanitarian Professionals and Policy Makers

… What are the international law and standards applicable during armed … Cross (ICRC), this Course on international humanitarian law (IHL) is specifically …

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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.