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Launch of the Updated Commentary on the First Geneva Convention
… offered the Commentaries' perspective on key humanitarian issues while showing their … Cycle on "Generating Respect for the Law" , which aims at reasserting the … the ICRC Moderator Helen Durham, Director of International Law and Policy, ICRC Panelists …
Why migrants are particularly vulnerable during the pandemic
… Migrants in transit, those in need of international protection or without legal … providers, other essential services and humanitarian actors report migrants in an irregular situation to law enforcement or migration authorities …
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
… to include provisions to help address the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapon … and testing. The Treaty complements existing international agreements on nuclear weapons, … on the basis of international humanitarian law (IHL) – the body of law that governs the …
To Serve and to Protect: Guide for Police Conduct and Behaviour – First Aid
… police and security officials in their daily law-enforcement practices. The booklet has … whether their actions are compliant with international human rights standards. The … in the first-aid section is intended to help law-enforcement officials act in a safe, …
Mexico: Promoting an environment of respect for human life and dignity
… promoting and strengthening IHL and universal humanitarian principles. This work involves … more effectively. It is important for IHL and international human rights law to be included in military doctrine, …
Allies, Partners and Proxies: Managing Support Relationships in Armed Conflict to Reduce the Human Cost of War
… ways to mitigate the risk of negative humanitarian consequences and enhance the … including through better respect for international humanitarian law. With this document, the ICRC seeks to …
Ethiopia: Student wins 2016 East African IHL Essay Competition
… A law student from Dilla University in Ethiopia won the 2016 International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Essay Competition. …
Iran: regional moot-court competition takes place in Tehran
… (ICRC) – A regional moot-court competition in international humanitarian law took place in Tehran for the first time on …
What is IHL?
… Extract from ICRC publication " International humanitarian law: answers to your questions " International …
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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.