States must address concerns raised by autonomous weapons
… Effects (CCW), 13 to 15 November 2019. The International Committee of the Red Cross … reaffirms the applicability of international humanitarian law (IHL) and the importance of a …
… Effects (CCW), 13 to 15 November 2019. The International Committee of the Red Cross … reaffirms the applicability of international humanitarian law (IHL) and the importance of a …
… needs of people living in the VRAEM, the International Committee of the Red Cross … and promotes respect for international humanitarian law in order to protect the impartial delivery …
… later became key for the development of the international humanitarian law as we know it today. The St. Petersburg …
… annual edition of a National Competition on International Humanitarian Law (IHL). Since then, the National IHL …
… specific mission and its position within the International Red Cross and Red Crescent … the moral values underlying international humanitarian law will eventually wither away. With this in …
… of adequate and sustainable funding for humanitarian programmes. During my trip, I met … all parties need to respect the principles of international humanitarian law to lessen the harm caused to civilians. …
… relatives. To shed light on this issue, the International Committee of the Red Cross … As an independent, neutral and impartial humanitarian organization, the ICRC focuses on … obligations under international humanitarian law. These universally recognized rules, which …
… Mexico (ICRC - IFRC) – Representatives of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent … the Fundamental Principles, international law and the Movement's Resolutions, in … in other parts of the world and pose similar humanitarian challenges. We welcome this sort …
… One of the victims of the August conflict was international humanitarian law, the basic rules that all fighting parties …
… that have brought us to this moment. The International Committee of the Red Cross and … it creates, the reach of international humanitarian law, and the extent of human suffering we are …
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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.