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International law on the conduct of hostilities: overview

International law on the conduct of hostilities regulates and limits the methods and means of warfare used by parties to an armed conflict. It aims to strike a balance between legitimate military …

Article

Peru: Haunted by the violence

Unión Alto Sanibeni is a small community of Asháninka people located in the jungle of central Peru. During the country's internal conflict in the 1980s and 1990s, violent clashes frequently broke out …

Video

ICRC applauds UN Security Council’s adoption of a resolution protecting humanitarian activities

… exemption particularly linked to counter-terrorism-related UN sanctions (the “1267” …

News release

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

… comparative use of force IHL and counter-terrorism operations Engagement with non-state …

Event

BRINGING IHL HOME THROUGH DOMESTIC LAW AND POLICY

… - national legislative frameworks on counter-terrorism. These topics were selected in light …

Publication

Rwanda: Future lawyers square up in simulated war-crimes trial

… competition, a public lecture themed "IHL and Terrorism" shall be delivered to law students, …

News release

Conduct of hostilities and protection of civilians

International law regulates the methods and means of warfare. It aims to strike a balance between legitimate military objectives and the humanitarian objective of reducing suffering, particularly …

Law and policy topic
Strollers sit abandoned along a route people used to flee Irpin, Ukraine.

President Peter Maurer UNGA 2021: International Humanitarian Law - Enhancing Monitoring, Improving Compliance

… to ensure compliance with IHL is on counter-terrorism and sanctions measures that limit … to take into account the effect of counter terrorism measures on humanitarian activities. …

Statement

Senior Humanitarian Professionals and Policy Makers Course in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) 4-7 December 2023

… comparative use of force IHL and counter-terrorism operations Engagement with non-state …

Event

The ICRC in Kyrgyzstan: facts and figures 2016

… as an observer in the SCO joint anti-terrorism military exercise "Peace Mission …

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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.