Yemen: Annual Activity Report 2021
… promotes respect of the rules enshrined in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) which protects civilians and other …
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Putting IHL at the core of educating our future leaders
… Kenya. The discussion, organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross … to engage participants on International Humanitarian Law (IHL), a set of rules that seek to limit …
Our work in Armenia in 2017
… living in exposed communities along the international border, missing people and their … We also spread knowledge of the international humanitarian law among national authorities, academics and …
Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
… Statement of the International Committee of the Red Cross to … is a fundamental instrument of international humanitarian law (IHL) that aims to protect civilians from …
Iraq: Many more lives in jeopardy as fighting expands
… fighting is particularly heavy." Looming humanitarian needs The broadening of the … – in six provinces, in the towns of Saqlawiya, Al Madina Al Siyahiyyah, Rasheed, … for creating Iraq’s national committee for international humanitarian law, to promote …
Nuclear weapons: Global support for treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons growing
… Nuclear weapons, which unleash catastrophic humanitarian consequences, cannot be viewed as … of security, Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross … on the basis of international humanitarian law and makes clear that any development, …
Customary IHL
… Customary international humanitarian law (IHL) consists of rules that come from "a …
Dispatch: On the ground in Lake Chad
… prison service can keep track of an inmate's lawyer or court number, which can help with … brings the Lake Chad region up on the radar internationally briefly, before it quickly …
Launch of IHL Handbook for Malaysian Parliamentarians
… A joint statement of the International Committee of the Red Cross, … of 1949 are at the core of international humanitarian law (IHL), which seeks to limit the …
"People deserve to rest in peace - it matters"
… in forensics for years, with the UN and International Crimes Tribunal for the Former … the ICRC and about its role in international humanitarian law which I found fascinating. After that, I …
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