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The interplay between international humanitarian law and international human rights law in situations of armed conflict

… in regard to the territories occupied by Israel after the Six Day War had already … Rights in the Occupied Territories, called on Israel to apply both the Universal Declaration … (Dec. 15, 1975)(territories occupied by Israel); G.A. Res. 46/135, UN Doc. A/RES/46/ …

Law and policy topic

Philippines: How we're helping build a stronger mental health workforce in Mindanao

… fill this gap in a sustainable manner," said Israel Arturo Medina Gasca, an ICRC MHPSS …

Law and policy topic

History of the ICRC

… half of the 20th century – starting with Israel and Palestine in 1948. In 1949, at the …

Article

ICRC president: Humanity is failing under our collective watch

… The military escalation between Iran and Israel risks plunging the region and beyond …

Statement
Mirjana Spoljaric at the 2025 ECOSOC humanitarian affairs segment at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on 19 June 2025

Health care in danger: Military assistance in facilitating safe access to health care

… care. ICRC / T. Gassmann / V-P-IQ-E-00273 Israel, Haifa. Magen David Adom paramedics …

Creating and Teaching an IHL Course

… Criminal and Humanitarian Law Clinic in Israel, based at the Radzyner Law School, … intervention in the armed conflict between Israel and Palestine at the Hebrew University … relations. She has been a member of the Israeli Bar Association since 2006. Marco …

Article

The ICRC at Davos: Tech partnerships, augmented reality and the cruelty of war

… and suffering can smoulder for years. Congo, Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory, …

News release

Gaza: Increased armed hostilities in Rafah pose disastrous risk to civilian lives and infrastructure

… those who may not be able to depart Rafah. Israel, as the occupying power, must ensure …

News release

ICRC launches 2024-2027 institutional strategy

… hostages and detainees in Yemen, Sudan, and Israel and occupied territories. "There is an …

News release

Israeli and Palestinian millennials are ‘most pessimistic’ on prospects for peace

… 16-01-2020 Jerusalem – Most Israeli and Palestinian millennials think the Israeli-Palestinian conflict “will never end”. … Many of the answers given by Palestinian and Israeli millennials were particularly …

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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.