Rules of International Humanitarian Law and Other Rules Relating to the Conduct of Hostilities
… the conduct of hostilities. This body of law is of particular importance in alleviating …
… the conduct of hostilities. This body of law is of particular importance in alleviating …
… and comprehensive selection of documents on international humanitarian law (IHL) available. This publication in 3 …
… on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law applicable in Armed Conflicts (Geneva, …
… they employ. A thorough analysis of international humanitarian law, and to a lesser extent human rights and …
… by conflict and the actions taken by the International Committee of the Red Cross … It also promotes those rules of international humanitarian law which provide specific protection for …
… treat first, a civilian or a combatant? Under international humanitarian law all wounded people shall be considered to …
… campaign marked its 4th anniversary on World Humanitarian Day (19 August). The campaign's … Red Cross and Red Crescent Conference on international humanitarian law was held in Canberra, Australia. It was …
… Between January 2012 and December 2014, the International Committee of the Red Cross … to ask ourselves that question. International humanitarian law (IHL) states that medical personnel, …
… of medical considerations only. But for the International Committee of the Red Cross this … with which non-State armed International humanitarian law (IHL) states groups can formally voice …
… A conference on the future of international humanitarian law and the prospects for teaching it in …
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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.