Afghanistan: Facts and figures for 2015
… to the community and implement a range of humanitarian programmes. Together, the ICRC … service delivery. Promoting compliance with international humanitarian law The ICRC promotes compliance with …
… to the community and implement a range of humanitarian programmes. Together, the ICRC … service delivery. Promoting compliance with international humanitarian law The ICRC promotes compliance with …
… them to abide by their obligations under international humanitarian law. ICRC staff conducted field visits to the …
… shared lessons learned by the ICRC and the international community in terms of the … provided a forward-looking perspective on the international community's efforts to protect … SPEECH HERE Related topic 150 Years of Humanitarian Action The ICRC and the Second …
… shared lessons learned by the ICRC and the international community in terms of the … provided a forward-looking perspective on the international community's efforts to protect … SPEECH HERE Related topic 150 Years of Humanitarian Action The ICRC and the Second …
… the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and strengthening international humanitarian law (IHL) was held in Kuala Lumpur from 25-27 …
… Meeting of States on Strengthening International Humanitarian Law Protecting Persons Deprived of their …
… 27-04-2015 The International Committee of the Red Cross … increasingly clear that these devastating humanitarian consequences raise serious doubts … could ever be used in accordance with the laws of war," said President Maurer. "This …
… States have developed a significant body of law governing those detained in international conflicts, with more than 175 … every region of the world, but International Humanitarian Law, the body of law specifically …
… 24-04-2015 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross … strengthening compliance with international humanitarian law. The meeting was opened by ICRC President …
… of States on strengthening compliance with international humanitarian law Statement by Peter Maurer, President 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.