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Strengthening Compliance with IHL – Preparatory discussion, December 2013

Preparatory Discussion in view of the Third Meeting of States on Strengthening Compliance with IHL of mid-2014 Reporting and Thematic Discussions on IHL and Overview of a Meeting of States December …

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Yemen: 2019 ICRC activities

In Yemen, the ICRC delivers emergency assistance in the realms of health care, economic security and water and sanitation. We support hospitals, primary health care clinics and physical …

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Understanding violence against health care: A gender perspective

What are the main obstacles and challenges to safe access to and provision of health care in conflict for girls, boys, women and men?  This question is explored in the new report " Study on Access to …

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ICRC joins the World Bank in Yemen Food Security Response and Resilience Project

The Yemen Food Security Response and Resilience Project (FSRRP) was approved by the World Bank Board on May 11, 2021. The project’s objective is to improve the availability of and access to food and …

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Strengthening compliance with IHL: Meeting with a group of States, November 2012

Discussions on Strengthening Compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL), Geneva, 8/9 November 2012 …

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Incapacitating chemical agents: Law enforcement, human rights law and policy perspectives

Expert meeting report: This publication is a summary report of the second and final ICRC expert meeting on so called "incapacitating chemical agents", which was held from 24 to 26 April 2012 in …

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Eighth periodic report on the implementation of international humanitarian law at the level of Arab States 2015 - 2018

Since 2003, the ICRC, in cooperation with the League of Arab States, has been publishing joint reports on the implementation of IHL in the Arab region. The latest of which is the Eighth Periodic …

Legal factsheet

Sri Lanka: Report released on needs of families of missing persons

The years that have passed since the armed conflict in Sri Lanka ended in 2009 have not brought solace to the families of the over 16,000 persons who, according to the ICRC's records, remain missing. …

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Unnumbered ICRC Circulars 1952-1954: “Replies of the International Committee of the Red Cross to requests for information on the Geneva Conventions and cognate questions”

While the ICRC was working on the publication of the first Commentaries to the newly adopted Geneva Conventions of 1949, it sent National Societies and Governments five "Information Notes", entitled …

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Evaluation of Innovation at the ICRC 2018-2023

This is a summary of the final report for the Evaluation of Innovation at the ICRC 2018-2023. It aimed to gauge the organizational changes brought about by the Innovation Facilitation Team's approach …

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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.