… Conventional Weapons (CCW) on behalf of the International Committee of the Red Cross … Convention is a major pillar of international humanitarian law, and it embodies states' commitment to the …
… Orly Maya Stern was awarded the first-ever International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Africa Prize for best published work …
… delegations across Asia – to promote international humanitarian law (IHL)/humanitarian principles and gain …
… briefing all parties to the conflict on international humanitarian law; working with the Afghan Red Crescent …
… This livestreamed event will discuss how international humanitarian law (IHL) protects wounded, sick and …
… with recommendations on how best to teach international humanitarian law (IHL). Through peer-to-peer discussions …
… We also work to promote respect for international humanitarian law. To gain access to affected communities, …
… Mine Ban Convention, or APMBC) is part of the international response to the widespread … is based on customary rules of international humanitarian law applicable to all states. These rules …
… must be identified. Lack of respect for international and domestic obligations and … and prolongs their suffering. International humanitarian law (IHL) is a set of rules that applies in …
… Blue Nile and South Kordofan, and promoting International Humanitarian Law. In 2019, the ICRC provided seeds, tools …
Try one of the following resources:
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.
