… Destruction is one of the instruments of international law aimed at reducing the suffering caused by … independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives …
… Geneva Centre for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action (CERAH) convened a … to feature the recent publication of the International Review of the Red Cross on " … Cycle on " Generating respect for the law ", an ongoing reflection on how to better …
… this route are of similar concern from a humanitarian perspective. Along the journey … the Pretoria regional delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross … National Red Cross Societies (in Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, …
… and Penology (BJMP), with the support of the International Committee of the Red Cross … stakeholders such as public attorneys, law enforcement, court staff and judges, among … ICRC, a neutral, impartial and independent humanitarian organization, has been visiting …
… and supporting their families, and providing humanitarian forensic support. They also … seekers, who have special protection under international law. Haris Coussidis / ICRC Background More …
… 22-05-2015 Geneva/Baghdad (ICRC): The International Committee of the Red Cross … Youssef. "All parties must provide our humanitarian convoys with safe and rapid … obligations, under international humanitarian law, to protect the lives of civilians, as …
… 28-03-2024 Kinshasa (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross … Goma, received essential relief items. As humanitarian needs continue to grow at an … obligation under international humanitarian law to respect and protect all civilians, the …
… The Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) and the International Committee of the Red Cross … focus on the implementation of International Humanitarian Law in the framework of peace operations, with …
… NEFAD focus on Right to Know for this year's International Day of the Disappeared Kathmandu … ICRC is a neutral, impartial and independent humanitarian organisation whose exclusively … by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles. …
… Annual Conference of the International Corrections and Prisons … conflict and violence or where other severe humanitarian needs are emerging. The essence … a larger societal problem: where the rule of law has given way in prisons to mob rule and …
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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.
