Myanmar students compete in country’s first moot court competition
… Myanmar's first-ever moot court competition on international humanitarian law took place at Yangon University in May, …
… Myanmar's first-ever moot court competition on international humanitarian law took place at Yangon University in May, …
… Group work on case studies from "How does law protect in war?" allows students to apply … to sexual violence. It focuses on applicable international rules in humanitarian law, human rights law and …
… The Japan delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross … discussion “Innovative Solutions to Meet Humanitarian Needs in Africa” as a side event … violation of international humanitarian law, people being displaced on a massive scale …
… situations of violence in accordance with its humanitarian mandate. It also actively promotes adherence to international humanitarian law. In the Southern Border Provinces, unrest …
… 14 countries to discuss the implementation of international humanitarian law. To quote one of the participants: "This …
… animated debate on current issues related to international humanitarian law. For the first screening, the organizers …
… can and must serve to ensure respect for international humanitarian law (IHL), for the benefit of the victims of …
… The Montreux Document is the result of an international process launched by the … intended to promote respect for international humanitarian law and human rights law whenever private …
… by Dr Helen Durham, the ICRC director of International Law and Policy Syria, Yemen, Iraq, South … is destroyed. Local authorities and humanitarian organizations are prevented from …
… with the objective of assisting people in humanitarian need as well as capacitating … of South Africa and the Department of International Relations and Cooperation … compliance with International Humanitarian Law; as well as enhance emergency response …
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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.