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Checklist: Domestic measures to implement the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention

… and is complementary to the ICRC Model Law. CHECKLIST: ANTI-PERSONNEL MINE BAN … well as good practices. The Model Law of the International Committee of the Red Cross … as those listed below? • • • • • 2 Clearance (humanitarian demining) Stockpile destruction …

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The implementation of rules protecting the provision of health care in armed conflicts and other emergencies: A guidance tool

… and appropriate sanctions in light of their international obligations for protecting the … emblems protected under international humanitarian law (IHL) and of other signs to identify …

Legal factsheet

Mali: Arabic IHL library given to Université privée du Sahel

… but also to promote and broadcast the international humanitarian law. We organize different activities, …

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EU Guidelines on promoting compliance with IHL

… compliance with IHL Working party on public international law (COJUR) report on the EU guidelines on promoting compliance with international humanitarian law - June 2019 International

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Voices from the Field

… this event profiled instances of how international humanitarian law (IHL) have had a positive impact on the …

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Syria: In societies shattered by conflict, civilians pay a high price for years

… statement from Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross … wars are fought in violation of international humanitarian law. And then there are those displaced, …

News release

Libya: Thousands of displaced people provided with food and essential hygiene items in 2016

… Red Crescent Society to help it respond to humanitarian needs in Libya, in addition to … handling of human remains. Courses on International Humanitarian Law & the Protection of healthcare staff and …

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Exhibition on urban warfare and its impact on the civilian population

… This exhibition book was produced by the Law and Policy Forum of the International Committee of the Red Cross … and displacement causes a cascade of other humanitarian and social challenges that are …

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China: Forty years anniversary of Additional Protocols – a grand gathering of IHL experts

… Chen Zexian, director-general, Institute of International Law, CASS, and Mr Larry Maybee, regional legal … his keynote speech titled “International humanitarian law in flux: development and new …

12th Paul Reuter Prize Award Ceremony

… REUTER (1911-1990). © The Hague Academy of International Law. Courtesy of the Secretary General. International humanitarian law (IHL) is undoubtedly shaped …

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ICRC library

Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.

IHL treaties

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 IHL

Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.