Ethiopia: 41 army commanders trained on IHL
… Defense Forces (ENDF) to spread knowledge of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) among the various departments of the …
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Women Facing War
… they employ. A thorough analysis of international humanitarian law, and to a lesser extent human rights and …
Influencing Behaviour To Prevent Human Suffering
… understand and position this complex area of humanitarian work. The policy paper provides … listen and partner with others, and to link international humanitarian law (IHL) with other humanitarian values and …
Sri Lankan students put IHL into practice at the prestigious Jean-Pictet competition
… were selected to take part in the Jean-Pictet International humanitarian law (IHL) Competition held in Indonesia in …
Chemical and biological weapons
… The international community banned the use of … and biological weapons and international humanitarian law Today’s advances in life sciences and …
Where it Matters
… The International Committee of the Red Cross … experts that will look at the ways in which humanitarian organisations and donors are … for Humanitarian Assistance – Policy, International Organisations, Multilateral …
Use of emblems
… of the emblems: clearly established in the law The use and misuse of the red cross, red … and buildings of the armed forces under international law. That protection extends to certain humanitarian organizations working alongside …
Nigeria: Infographics for Operational Facts & Figures 2020
… armed conflict in the North-East and its humanitarian consequences; the increasingly … dignity and respect. PROMOTING RESPECT FOR INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW (IHL) USE IHL OF RED CROSS EMBLEM The ICRC …
Australia: Working with the military
… ensure that the armed forces know and apply International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in their operations and facilitate …
Iraq: For families of the missing, the pain remains even as the search for answers continues
… their loved ones went missing. As we mark the International Day of the Disappeared today, … a right that is enshrined in international humanitarian law. In Iraq, decades of successive conflicts …
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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.
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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.
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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.