Teaching IHL through digital resources: a syllabus for interactive remote teaching
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8 things we must do to tackle humanitarian crises in 2019
… - even in armed conflicts - involving counter-terrorism operations, asymmetric warfare and …
The Second Geneva Convention and the role of the ICRC
… attention on maritime security operations, terrorism threats and migration, it is …
The contribution of humanitarian action to peace
… violence, whether though military or counter terrorism operations, intercommunity violence …
Peacekeeping operations: ICRC statement to the United Nations, 2018
Statement Statement by the ICRC to the United Nations General Assembly, Fourth Committee on Respect for International Humanitarian Law in Peacekeeping Operations, Agenda item 56: General debate on …
Making a case for humanitarian norms in a populist world
… value-for-money. The all-pervasive anti-terrorism discourse is one of our biggest …
General and specific protection of women under international humanitarian law
… penalties and all measures of intimidation or terrorism. GC IV, Art. 34 Prohibition of the … punishments; taking of hostages; acts of terrorism; outrages upon personal dignity, in …
Time does not heal the wound, it teaches you to live with it
Losing someone you love is the worst nightmare every human being dreads. When you lose a loved one to conflict and violence, there is more than pain. There is anger and frustration. There is trying …
How does law protect in war?
… de, Les nouveaux mondes rebelles: conflits, terrorisme et contestations, Paris, Michalon, … conflits d’hier et d’aujourd’hui, terrorisme et nouvelles menaces, Paris, … 2009, pp. 320-336. HEINTZE Hans-Joachim, “Terrorism and Asymmetrical Conflicts: a Role …
Our work in Cambodia
… of Cambodia and the National Counter-Terrorism Committee to impress upon …
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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.
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Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.