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Twelve issues: What States can do to improve respect for IHL in 2022

… including humanitarian exemptions in counterterrorism instruments. These issues, the … NON-STATE ARMED GROUPS: THE IMPACT OF COUNTERTERRORISM DISCOURSE ON THEIR PROTECTION The … solely on humanitarian needs. COUNTERTERRORISM AND SANCTIONS REGIMES In recent …

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Detention in non-international armed conflict: Consultations with government experts, 2012-2013

… prostitution, indecent assault, and acts of terrorism.10 It requires in very general terms … prostitution, indecent assault, and acts of terrorism.10 It requires in very general terms … prostitution, indecent assault, and acts of terrorism.10 It requires in very general terms …

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Explosive weapons: Civilians in populated areas must be protected

… Verger et al., “The psychological impact of terrorism: An epidemiologic study of … Blast from Military Operations and Acts of Terrorism, Elsevier Academic Press, …

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Eighth periodic report on the implementation of international humanitarian law at the level of Arab States 2015 - 2018

… 2013; Organic Law No. 26 on the fight against terrorism and the repression of money … - E nacting the Law on Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing in 2014. III. Main … of murder, assault on physical integrity, terrorism, theft or vandalism and for the …

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Indonesia: Asia Regional Conference on humanitarian negotiation and access

… Centre Nu ina Vid a Hutagalung, Counter Terrorism and Capacit Building Program, …

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New Report - Domestic Normative Frameworks for the Protection of Health Care

… personnel guilty of committing acts of terrorism or rebellion, or of providing support for terrorism by providing health care to members … unrest, massive concentrations of population, terrorism, sabotage, vandalism, air, sea or …

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Women & War and the issue of Sexual Violence

… cooperation, Global Issues and Counter-Terrorism, supporting the work of the High … as instruments to counter the financing of terrorism as well as the EU’s sanctions …

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Humanitarian challenges 2017: ICRC Colombia Report

During 2016, the ICRC recorded 838 alleged violations of IHL and other humanitarian principles that affected nearly 18,600 people in Colombia. The organization is also concerned about the …

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Report: Protracted conflict and humanitarian action

This report draws on some recent operational experiences of the ICRC to describe the theory and practice of the ICRC's approach to humanitarian assistance in protracted conflict. The ICRC spends …

Report

Making better use of data on attacks against health care

… war, insurgency, combat, fighting, hostility, terrorism, terror, warfare, battle, war-torn, …

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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.