… Conventional Weapons (CCW) is one of the key international instruments underpinning … to this important treaty of international humanitarian law, and we continue to encourage States not …
… Chris Jenks from the SMU Dedman School of Law in Texas. The event, hosted by the … National University, Australian Red Cross and International Committee of the Red Cross, … Professor Jenks served as the chief of the international law branch for the US Army in …
… Red Crescent Society (SRCS) to respond to humanitarian needs by providing emergency food … visits places of detention, and promotes international humanitarian law (IHL) among relevant authorities and …
… The 20th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot for Asia-Pacific Region concluded on …
… In the first half of 2022, the humanitarian needs remained unfortunately … issues, including on the need to respect international humanitarian law . During this six-month period, we were …
… to prepare them for the challenges faced by humanitarian actors in the field. The group of … in Perak. The session was moderated by the International Committee of the Red Cross … providers, including enforcing strict laws. The session helped expand the youth's …
… along the eastern shore of Lake Lanao. The International Committee of the Red Cross … ICRC is a neutral, impartial and independent humanitarian organization whose exclusively … by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles. For …
… learn about HCiD as part of their training in international humanitarian law. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC The workshop ends …
… International Conference on the Convention on … by the Indian Society of International Law (ISIL) and the ICRC. The conference formed … towards the implementation of International Humanitarian Law (IHL). It brought together …
… meeting today, on 4 December, in Yerevan. The International Committee of the Red Cross … of all the participants to this strictly humanitarian process, along with the increased … pace. Under international humanitarian law, families have the right to know what …
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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.
