Amputation for War Wounds
The ICRC has acquired a great deal of experience in treating war wounds, particularly those caused by anti-personnel mines. This review of amputation techniques is intended to pass on its experience …
The ICRC has acquired a great deal of experience in treating war wounds, particularly those caused by anti-personnel mines. This review of amputation techniques is intended to pass on its experience …
The Red Cross wound classification system describes and lists various features of wounds, giving a numerical value to each feature, to help civilian surgeons prepare for war surgery. Note: the …
This leaflet provides a concise summary of the problem of families split up by war or disasters and a description of the methods used by the Movement to restore family links, reunite separated …
An offprint from the \"Handbook on the Law of War for Armed Forces\", this brochure intended for officers contains a summary of the rules of conduct in action and a programme for military …
Modern military operations include combat in armed conflict, law enforcement activities, and peace support operations. In this increasingly complex environment, it is imperative that armed forces …
09-06-2020 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF)'s first joint humanitarian aid flight landed in Khartoum on 9 June 2020 at …
This dictionary presents the most important terms and concepts from two branches of international law: jus ad bellum and jus in bello. From "action, defensive" to "zone, territorial", over 450 …
This booklet uses personal stories and case studies to explain what the Fundamental Principles are and how they apply in today’s world. Imagine you’re a volunteer driving an ambulance in a country …
A number of legal experts took part in this collective work, written with the collaboration of Jean Pictet. For the section on Protocol I relative to international armed conflicts: Claude Pilloud, …
How the ICRC is constituted, what tasks are assigned to it and what principles guide its work – these are some of the questions which the author, François Bugnion, seeks to answer, examining the …
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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.