Penal Repression: Punishing War Crimes
Factsheet on how to punish war crimes . In particular, the following questions/topics are addressed: war crimes and the 1949 Geneva Conventions; grave breaches must be punished; violations of …
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The challenges of new technologies in warfare
The first panel of the Research and Debate Cycle on new technologies and the modern battlespace addresses the various ethical, legal, scientific, and military issues that new technologies raise for …
Means of personal identification
Fact sheet describing the obligations of States regarding the national implementation of the norms applicable to this particular aspect of international humanitarian law. ADVISORY SERVICE ON …
From our archives: Women and war
Franco-Prussian war, 1870-1871. A painting of Bazeilles, a village in France, after violent clashes there between French and Bavarian soldiers. In the foreground, among the victims, are a woman and …
Advanced Training Course in International Humanitarian Law
The biannual advanced training course in international humanitarian law for university professors took place at the Humanitarium, the ICRC’s new conference and visitors' centre in Geneva, from 4-7 …
Detention in non-international armed conflict – First thematic consultation of government experts, January 2014.
The meeting covered conditions of detention and protection for especially vulnerable groups of detainees. This first in-depth meeting examined relevant protections drawn from a variety of …
Study on customary international humanitarian law: all language versions of the summary article and list of rules
This page contains, free of charge, electronic copies of all language versions of an article, published in English in the International Review of the Red Cross, No. 857, 31 March 2005. The article …
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 …
Detention in non-international armed conflict: Consultations with government experts, 2012-2013
In 2012-2013, the ICRC held four regional consultations with government experts from across Africa, Europe, the Americas, the Caribbean, the Asia Pacific and Middle East. In total, the consultations …
Biological weapons: Efforts needed to strengthen preventive measures, Meeting of States Parties, 2013
Statement by the ICRC, meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their …
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