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… Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross, … impacting people's lives and amplifying humanitarian needs. Second, how international humanitarian law rules can help limit environmental …
… director for the Near and Middle East for the International Committee of the Red Cross, on … the headlines as often as in the past, the humanitarian consequences of years of conflict … best interest and is what international law requires unless otherwise justified by a …
… 19-03-2016 Joint statement by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red … in a conflict which has created the largest humanitarian crisis of our time. We, the … obligations under international humanitarian law (IHL) to respect civilian life and human …
… on residential areas are prohibited by international humanitarian law, but homes have been destroyed in the …
… attended awareness-raising sessions on international humanitarian law. 199 local Red Cross volunteers were …
… by Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, … do we do that? First and foremost, by keeping humanitarian considerations at the centre of … creation that stands above and beyond the law. Just like any other weapon, the use of …
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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.
