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People on War 2016: Background, methodology and results

… In 2016, the ICRC commissioned WIN/Gallup International to conduct a survey among the … Show) ............................... 9 Q9. Humanitarian workers are sometimes injured or … 8 People on War 2016 Q13. There is a body of law about how wars must be conducted, known as …

Law and policy topic

Sudan: Thousands of civilians trapped in fighting have nowhere safe to go

… supplies.  Despite numerous efforts, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has not managed to bring humanitarian relief into the city to this day. … obligations under international humanitarian law and facilitate access for lifesaving …

News release
Sudan

Health care in South Sudan: Beating the odds

… both sides of the conflict were trained in international humanitarian law (IHL).   For more information, read the …

Article

Cities at war: “More sophisticated” understanding of urban conflict essential

… event held in London this week. International humanitarian law (IHL) seeks to impose limits on the …

Law and policy topic

Ethiopia: Parliamentarians discuss IHL and Red Cross activities

… (MPs) discussed the fundamentals of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in Addis Ababa at a seminar organized …

Article

6th Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty

… war-torn countries. It has given rise to new humanitarian needs and exacerbated pre-existing … I am concerned that serious violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) and human rights law continue to be …

Law and policy topic

Advanced IHL Seminar for Academics and Policymakers

… and policy challenges? Organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … and the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights , the Advanced IHL seminar …

Event
IHL Seminar

Protected persons

International humanitarian law protects a wide range of people and objects … civilians and civilian objects. Video International humanitarian law sets out what …

Topic
ICRC prisoner release and transport.

Implementing IHL: Participation of the American States in IHL treaties and their national implementation - 2014/2015 report

… was prepared by the Advisory Service on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) of the ICRC for submission to Member …

Publication

Panel: Climate, conflict and the environment

… presented by Australian Red Cross, the International Committee of the Red Cross and … to the Australian Red Cross WA International Humanitarian Law Advisory Committee for presenting the panel …

Article

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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.