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Families of the missing live with uncertainty about the fate of their loved ones

… so far from this program. Marking the International Day of the Disappeared on 30th … the teaching and learning of International Humanitarian Law and basic Humanitarian principles among …

News release

Yemen: Situation deteriorating in Taiz

… 28-08-2015 Geneva / Sana'a – The International Committee of the Red Cross … be saved and the delivery of urgently needed humanitarian assistance can be made possible," … A. Mahyoub  Under international humanitarian law, parties to a conflict must ensure that …

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Australia: Ensuring war games play by the rules

… ICRC is participating along with other humanitarian actors such as Australian Red … them with a 'Rappel du droit' (recall of the law) as we would at the start of hostilities … The detainees were treated in accordance with international humanitarian law, for example …

Law and policy topic

International Day of the Disappeared: ICRC calls for more efforts to establish fate of missing from Bougainville conflict

… support to the families left behind, the International Committee of the Red Cross has said. Under international law, this obligation lies clearly with … is only just beginning to be recognised as a humanitarian priority in PNG by all …

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International Humanitarian Law: Answers to your Questions

… This booklet is an ideal introduction to international humanitarian law. It has been fully revised, and is …

Publication

Uruguay: ICRC detention visits in the 1970s and 1980s

… ICRC delegates and let them carry out their humanitarian work; on other occasions the … what was going on. In 1985, after a new law freeing the detainees was enacted, the …

Article

Mobile surgical teams bring emergency medical care throughout South Sudan

… CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC / Pawel Krzysiek Under international humanitarian law, medical personnel, facilities and means …

Joint statement by the Republic of South Africa and the ICRC on the occasion of the 15th Annual Southern African Regional IHL Seminar

… 21 August 2015 for the 15th Annual Regional International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Seminar, co-hosted by the Department …

Statement

Arms Trade Treaty: We must stop irresponsible arms trade or transfers

… States Parties to consider respect for international humanitarian law and human rights law in their arms …

Statement

Weapons: ICRC sounds alarm on arms trade

… 24-08-2015 Geneva/Cancun, Mexico - The International Committee of the Red Cross … the duty to ensure respect for international humanitarian law in arms transfers and the actual transfer …

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