… in Kosovo. The session was chaired by the International Committee of the Red Cross … issue, which should be treated as a purely humanitarian one. Waiting for their missing … In line with international humanitarian law, the families have the right to know what …
… lasts for decades. That is why in 1997 the international community adopted the … ban anti-personnel mines was one of the major humanitarian initiatives of the last three … these aspirations can be realized. What the law says Treaty law Anti-Personnel Mine Ban …
… The First Convention is a foundational text of international humanitarian law. It contains the essential rules on the …
… and their Additional Protocols are international treaties that contain the most … Protocols are at the core of international humanitarian law , the body of international law that …
… annual edition of a National Competition on International Humanitarian Law (IHL). Since then, the National IHL …
… Resident 38 hours/week Human resources The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) works worldwide to provide humanitarian assistance to people affected by … respect for international humanitarian law. We are an independent and neutral …
… – Vital surgical supplies donated by the International Committee of the Red Cross … of their obligations under international humanitarian law. Media contacts: Alyona Synenko, ICRC …
… Such use constitutes a serious violation of international humanitarian law, by which all conflict parties are bound, …
… Malaysia. In this miniature version of the international Jean Pictet competition, … and used by many governments, militaries, humanitarian organisations and so on to … they quickly learned that IHL is not just for lawyers, but can and should be applied by …
… people, promoting and strengthening international humanitarian law, and reconnecting families. Table 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.
