Advanced IHL Seminar for Academics and Policymakers
… legal and policy challenges? Organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross … and the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights , the Advanced IHL …
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Yemen: Aid supplies arrive amid fears for safety of medical staff
… were brought into Yemen by plane today by the International Committee of the Red Cross … and the ICRC has reiterated its demand that humanitarian workers be allowed to operate … safely. Under international humanitarian law, also known as the law of war, all those …
Yemen: Protecting the emblems that protect lives
… more and more people now understand our humanitarian concerns and our impartial and … said Mr Schweizer. "The customary rules and international laws are clear: the red cross and red crescent …
The UN General Assembly must focus on the most vulnerable people caught in conflict
… will remain a threat to regional and international stability and security." ICRC is an independent, frontline humanitarian organization and works to prevent … by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles. In …
Palestinian hunger striker in critical state
… 28-01-2016 Jerusalem: The International Committee of the Red Cross … dialogue with the Israeli authorities on humanitarian issues of concern. Mr. Qiq has … obligation under International Humanitarian Law to ensure that the rights and physical and …
Australia: Launch of updated commentary to the Second Geneva Convention
… 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 …
TPNW entry into force marks the beginning of the end of nuclear weapons
… and comprehensively prohibited under international law. Future generations will look back at this … of nuclear weapons survivors, committed humanitarians, concerned medical …
The challenges of new technologies in warfare
… issues that new technologies raise for humanitarian law and action. Recent scientific and … drones - Interview with Marco Sassòli 8/9) Is International Humanitarian Law still relevant? …
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: The price being paid
… areas. As winter fast approaches, the humanitarian situation could worsen rapidly. … indiscriminate shelling and other alleged unlawful attacks using explosive weaponry, in … limit the risk of civilian harm may violate international humanitarian law. People we've …
A price too high: Rethinking nuclear weapons in light of their human cost
… you are about to enter shows the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons. … also know, thanks to studies conducted by the International Committee of the Red Cross … shows what international humanitarian law (IHL) has to say about nuclear weapons, …
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