Mongolia: Training on IHL for armed forces and Red Cross staff
… The International Committee of the Red Cross … organized training workshops on international humanitarian law (IHL), also known as law of armed …
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Report: Urban services during protracted armed conflict
… Syria and Yemen. It warns that unless humanitarian agencies adopt a different … better approach to assisting affected people, International Committee of the Red Cross, … SERVICES UNDER IHL AND OTHER BODIES OF LAW..... 53 …
New weapons - Factsheet
… International humanitarian law (IHL) is a set of rules which seeks to … Conventions on the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (Additional …
Missing migrants: Forensic experts from the Asia-Pacific region emphasize information-sharing
… The ICRC hosted a full-day workshop on humanitarian forensic work during the annual … through the application of forensic science. International police agencies such as Interpol … are enshrined in international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law …
Protected persons: The wounded, the sick and health-care providers
… That principle remained the core of international humanitarian law as it extended to other aspects of war and …
Prevention and Criminal Repression of Rape and Other Forms of Sexual Violence During Armed Conflicts
… in the context of an armed conflict either international or non-international, constitute violations of international humanitarian law (IHL). In line with their obligation to …
Syria: Civilians in Yarmouk Camp need immediate help
… 09-04-2015 Damascus/Geneva - The International Committee of the Red Cross … (ICRC) is calling for immediate access for humanitarian assistance to Yarmouk Refugee … obligations under international humanitarian law to spare the lives of civilians in the …
Azerbaijan: Activity highlights for the first half of 2024
… Since 1992, the International Committee of the Red Cross has … continued our activities to help people with humanitarian support, in collaboration with … As the guardian of international humanitarian law (IHL), we organized seminars and training …
Rules of war: Why they matter
… The rules of war, or international humanitarian law (as it is known formally) are a set of …
Syria: "Nobody wants to live near a hospital in Aleppo"
… fully embraces one of the priorities of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent … the wounded and sick, medical personnel and humanitarian personnel exclusively engaged in … with their obligations under international law to ensure the respect and protection of …
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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.