… The International Committee of the Red Cross … independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives … by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles. In …
… the Commentary’s main findings on key humanitarian issues related to the treatment … Conventions of 1949 form the foundation of international humanitarian law and provide a framework setting out the …
… are prohibited in armed conflict under international humanitarian law. The ICRC works to prevent this crime and …
… caused concerns for ensuring the respect for international human rights law (IHRL) and international humanitarian law (IHL), especially when PMSCs …
… by Non-State Armed Groups: Obligations Under International Humanitarian Law and Examples of How to Implement Them’. …
… continued to cause suffering and had serious humanitarian consequences. The violence … by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles. … the security forces to promote and integrate international norms and standards in their law …
… and also develops and maintains constructive humanitarian dialogue with different … reinforce the integration and observance of international humanitarian law (IHL) and international standards on the …
… 37th round table on current issues of international humanitarian law: Conduct of hostilities: the Practice, the …
… According to the International Humanitarian Law (IHL), a prisoner of war (PoW) is …
… Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross. … Conference. This comes at a time when global humanitarian needs are soaring due to multiple … with the international humanitarian law rules protecting water resources, related …
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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.
