Southern Africa: States commit to a global nuclear ban
… Pretoria (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross … nuclear weapons on the basis of international humanitarian law and further prevents the use and threat of …
… Pretoria (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross … nuclear weapons on the basis of international humanitarian law and further prevents the use and threat of …
… Council today, to reaffirm the relevance of international humanitarian law – a sound body of law which seeks to bring …
… as it has always been at the core of various international norms. It can also be found in … of the local customs with international humanitarian values. This is challenging yet … out in Maluku, South Kalimantan, South Sulawesi, and West Sumatera last year and more …
… territory, as well as in the region. The International Committee of the Red Cross is … civilians are prohibited by international humanitarian law (IHL) , any attack must be proportionate, …
… 27-03-2019 Beijing (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross … to comply with human rights and international humanitarian law. The Chinese version was launched in July …
… of reducing harm to civilians during non-international armed conflicts. This handbook … groups under customary international humanitarian law (CIHL), and makes a number of …
… This briefing note outlines the rules of international humanitarian law (IHL) most relevant to food security, …
… 10-11-2015 Geneva / Sana'a – The International Committee of the Red Cross … a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law (IHL). All those taking part in the …
… to 22 May 2015, Statement of the ICRC The International Committee of the Red Cross … and to promote and strengthen international humanitarian law. It is the horrific suffering that the …
… 30-08-2024 International Day of the Disappeared, 30 … other situations of violence, disasters, humanitarian emergencies and migration. By … the bedrock of international humanitarian law (IHL), it is important to note that IHL …
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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.