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State of the World's Cash panel discussion

… state of Cash transfer programming (CTP) in humanitarian aid, and the extent to which … and practitioners from a range of humanitarian and government actors to discuss … of CTP and steps to further integrate it into humanitarian responses, systems and processes. …

Event

1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

… applies two general cus­tomary rules of international humanitarian law to specific weapons. These customary rules …

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Criminal procedure – Factsheet

… committed, is crucial to ensuring respect for international law and to the interests of justice. The chief … serious violations of international humanitarian law, such as grave breaches of …

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Ukraine: safe passage operation out of Mariupol is ongoing

… Geneva (ICRC) – An International Committee of the Red Cross … United Nations. As a neutral and impartial humanitarian intermediary, the ICRC has been … conflict and armed violence and promoting the laws that protect victims of war. A neutral, …

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Madagascar: Exhibition on “War from the Victims' Perspective”

… November 2013. The international exhibition began at Tahala … demonstrates its long-standing commitment to humanitarian endeavour. CC BY-NC-ND/ICRC The … the challenges of international humanitarian law in Madagascar. The event was organized by …

Obligations in terms of penal repression - Factsheet

International humanitarian law (IHL) is the set of rules designed to … in this factsheet. . ADVISORY SERVICE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW

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Partnering with community and religious leaders to help people affected by conflict

… actors of influence in the Gaza Strip For Humanitarian action to be fully supported and understood, humanitarian organizations, including the … by addressing misconceptions about international humanitarian organizations and …

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Report - Fifth Meeting of Representatives of National IHL Committees of Commonwealth Countries

… on IHL, the British Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross … of Representatives of National International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Committees of Commonwealth Countries …

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Ethiopia: Respecting and protecting health care during a conflict

… ICRC, together with Addis Ababa University International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Clinic, conducted a half-day seminar …

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Command responsibility and failure to act – Factsheet

International humanitarian law (IHL) provides a system for repressing … IHL COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY AND FAILURE TO ACT International humanitarian law (IHL) provides …

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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.