… Joint Statement of the International Committee of the Red Cross and … human health, and of the lack of any adequate humanitarian response capacity. Recognizing … on the basis of international humanitarian law. It acknowledges that any use of nuclear …
… entered its second year with huge and urgent humanitarian needs. Ordinary people have paid … Mohammed Abdullah/ICRC JANUARY-JUNE 2016 THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS IN … respect for the international humanitarian law with the ultimate aim of protecting the …
… the ICRC supports the capacity of health and humanitarian personnel and volunteers to … members of the Syrian National Commission for International Humanitarian Law (SNCIHL) as well as the Ministries of …
… and peace, one of which is amnesties. International humanitarian law (IHL) contains rules pertaining to the …
… services or armed groups received training on international humanitarian law. For more information, read the full …
… poorly regulated and widely available, the humanitarian consequences are grim: violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law, restricted medical …
… Convention of 1864, the genesis of modern international humanitarian law. Terrorism negates the principle of …
… for states on implementing rules of international law that protect the provision of health care … is one of the most crucial yet overlooked humanitarian issues today. On 30 March alone, …
… Congo between July and September 2014. The International Committee of the Red Cross … independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives … of violations of international humanitarian law collected by its teams on the ground have …
… Chbat, who oversees health programs for the International Committee of the Red Cross … is an obligation under international humanitarian law. Medical personnel must be allowed to …
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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.
