… The International Committee of the Red Cross … and Education issues to control and mitigate humanitarian consequences of armed violence in … conflicts under International Humanitarian Law (IHL). Step-by-step of the ICRC's SAF …
… Joint Statement of the International Committee of the Red Cross and … human health, and of the lack of any adequate humanitarian response capacity. Recognizing … on the basis of international humanitarian law. It acknowledges that any use of nuclear …
… mass destruction not explicitly prohibited in international law. The treaty adopted today fills this gap," … that the treaty recognize the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons, …
… To discuss humanitarian concerns about, and challenges … and policy? How could the main local and international entities involved best work … ensure respect for international humanitarian law (IHL). "In Africa – like other parts of …
… to discuss whether the existing norms of international humanitarian law (IHL) provide adequate protection for the …
… and suffering of migrants because of our humanitarian work with migrants in many parts … – States must respect their obligations under international law and ensure that their domestic legislation …
… and play a critical role in influencing the international community's humanitarian response to populations affected … environment. While international humanitarian law (IHL), also known as the rules of war, is …
… Around 100 law students representing 24 teams from 21 … region participated in the annual Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot Court competition in …
… on 29 June 2017 to launch Humanizing the Laws of War: The Red Cross and the Development of International Humanitarian Law , a book edited by Robin …
… of 1949 marked one of the greatest humanitarian legal achievements of the 20th … the adoption of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea along with a number of relevant … treaties adopted under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization- also …
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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.
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 international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.
