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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Updated Commentary on the Geneva Conventions of August 12 1949. Volume I
… published its Commentaries on these important humanitarian treaties. To promote a better … of, and respect for, this body of law, the ICRC commissioned a comprehensive … First Convention is a foundational text of international humanitarian law. It contains …
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 …
Food security in times of armed conflict: What you need to know
… ICRC legal expert Abby Zeith explains what international humanitarian law (IHL) has to say on the subject. How do …
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, …
Nuclear weapons: Ending a threat to humanity
… concluded as early as September 1945 that the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons … security, particularly during times of international instability. But weapons that … been the catalyst for the adoption of new laws to prevent further suffering, deaths and …
Mali: Arabic IHL library given to Université privée du Sahel
… but also to promote and broadcast the international humanitarian law. We organize different activities, …
Voices from the Field
… this event profiled instances of how international humanitarian law (IHL) have had a positive impact on the …
Launch of the updated Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention
… main findings. This event examines how international humanitarian law protects prisoners of war taking into …
The 15th Red Cross IHL Moot in Hong Kong
… Around 100 law students representing 24 teams from 21 … region participated in the annual Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot Court competition in …
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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.
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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.
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Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.