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Overview of the Legal Framework Governing National Information Bureaux

… begin operating as soon as possible after an international armed conflict starts. … part of a wider framework of international humanitarian law rules relevant for the separated, missing, …

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Russian Federation: Fighting Star Wars by the rules

… year, the Martens Moot Court Competition on International Humanitarian Law brings together the best law students, if …

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

… and with the technical expertise of the International Committee of the Red Cross … Ossetian and Russian participants in a purely humanitarian platform of exchange. The … According to International Humanitarian Law, the families of those who have gone …

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23 years on, more than 1,600 people still missing in Kosovo

… they had to carry for a long time now. The International Committee of the Red Cross … Mr. Gashi said. In line with international humanitarian law, families of missing people have the Right …

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South Africa: Decisive step toward nuclear weapons ban

… Pretoria – The International Committee of the Red Cross … nuclear weapons on the basis of international humanitarian law and further prevents the use and threat of …

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Implementing IHL: Participation of the American States in IHL treaties and their national implementation - 2014/2015 report

… was prepared by the Advisory Service on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) of the ICRC for submission to Member …

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Ukraine: Caring for the dead

… in order to bring forensic procedures up to international standards. Last July, for … management of the dead? In addition to local laws on forensics and missing persons, international humanitarian law requires that all parties …

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Cameroon: Safer Access to people affected by conflict

… The security and humanitarian situation in Cameroon's Far North … widely for everyone else involved with the International Red Cross and Red Crescent … of and respect for international humanitarian law; registering, with the help of Red Cross …

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Allies, Partners and Proxies: An Introduction to Support Relationships in Armed Conflict

… ways to mitigate the risk of negative humanitarian consequences and enhance the … including through better respect for international humanitarian law. With this document, the ICRC seeks to …

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Somalia: Hundreds of thousands received food in 2016

… conditions and promoted compliance with international humanitarian law (IHL). Highlights of our work in Somalia …

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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.

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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.