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Searching for missing persons in connection with 1990s and August 2008 conflicts

… the auspices and technical expertise of the International Committee of the Red Cross … and maintain this process in its strictly humanitarian character,” added Mr Fleury. … According to the international humanitarian law, the families of those have gone missing …

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South Sudan: Facts and Figures - November 2014

… according to their obligations under International Humanitarian Law. The organization is constantly adapting …

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Yemen: Thousands of people in need of food and shelter as fighting intensifies

… residents of camps, are staggering. The International Committee of the Red Cross and … 31 Communication and promotion of international humanitarian law

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South Asian judiciaries work towards enhancement of IHL capacity across region

… The International Committee of the Red Cross … South Asian Expert Exchange on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) with the Judicial Sector in …

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Families of the missing live with uncertainty about the fate of their loved ones

… so far from this program. Marking the International Day of the Disappeared on 30th … the teaching and learning of International Humanitarian Law and basic Humanitarian principles among …

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Digitalizing the Red Cross, Red Crescent and Red Crystal Emblems

… to operationalize the protection afforded by international humanitarian law in cyberspace to medical facilities and …

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Geneva Conventions: Humanity’s bet against horror in armed conflict

… These four Conventions are among the very few international treaties that have been … least because they reflect - more than just law - universal values of ethical behavior … . They contain a set of rules which seek, for humanitarian reasons, to limit the effects of …

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War in cities - what is at stake?

… the ICRC and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. The … in international relations, international humanitarian law and diplomacy. Listen to Peter Maurer …

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Nuclear weapons

… and only use of nuclear weapons in 1945, the international community has wrestled with the issue of how the law of war applies to such weapons. For … to include a focus on their international humanitarian law (IHL) implications, as well …

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Malaysia: Red Crescent board members enhance IHL knowledge

… their busy schedules to learn more about the international humanitarian law (IHL). The gathering of top functionaries …

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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.

IHL treaties

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 IHL

Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.