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… A growing global problem The destructive force of … and access to basic services such as health care and education. Many large cities of South …
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… The rules of war, also known as international humanitarian law: Protect those … right of civilians to be protected from the dangers of war and receive the help they need. Every possible care must be taken to avoid harming them or …
… Respecting and ensuring respect for International … violence during armed conflicts 69 Protecting health care in conflict situations 72 IHL and the …
… The latest newsletter from the ICRC delegation in Pakistan features a variety of articles, … of people with disabilities, and our work in Health Care in Danger. In conversation with Doctor …
… Protecting health care is now a more pressing concern … Committee of the Red Cross's Health Care in Danger project, has devised a massive open …
… Access to health care is not always safe in the Niger Delta region and elsewhere in … doctor recounted how his life had been put in danger as he conducted operations under fire, …
… Council Resolution 2286 is the latest in a series of decisions calling for the … United Nations General Assembly, the World Health Assembly, ECOSOC's Humanitarian Affairs … 2286 was adopted in May 2016, health-care facilities and personnel have continued …
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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.
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 international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.
