Table seeking to provide the war crimes over which the International Criminal Court (ICC) has jurisdiction, together with the definition of such offences as found in other sources of international …
During the past ten years there has been much discussion and analysis of so called "incapacitating chemical agents" and of the use of these toxic chemicals as weapons for law enforcement. The ICRC …
Informal Meeting on Strengthening Compliance with International Humanitarian Law, Geneva, 13 July 2012 Concluding remarks Purpose of the meeting Today’s meeting has allowed us to appraise the …
… Legitimate Use of Military Force, Farnham, Burlington, Ashgate, 2010, 283 pp. MERON … of Civilians, Hampshire (England), Burlington (USA), Ashgate, 2006, 217 pp. KRILL … 1995), Paris, Pedone, 1996, pp. 213-228. BOURLOYANNIS Christiane, “The Security Council …
2nd Discussion on Strengthening Compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Functions of a possible IHL compliance system and their features 8–9 April 2013 Background document Geneva, March …
2 April 2012 is the 30th anniversary of the start of the conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falklands/Malvinas. Edmond Corthésy was head of the ICRC's Buenos Aires delegation …
ADVISORY SERVICE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW ____________________________________ Development of national legislation to implement the Convention on the prohibition of anti-personnel mines - …
International humanitarian law contains basic principles and rules governing the choice of weapons and prohibits or restricts the employment of certain weapons. The ICRC plays a leading role in the …
Guiding principles intended to support States in the implementation of a system of protection for children recruited by armed forces or armed groups. ADVISORY SERVICE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN …
The ITS traces the victims of Nazi persecution and their families, documents their fate and makes its archives available for research. The ICRC managed the International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad …
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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.
