Guidelines for Investigating Deaths in Custody
… authorities, investigating authorities, humanitarian agencies and others on preventing deaths in custody. They reflect international law, policy and best practice and offer a …
… authorities, investigating authorities, humanitarian agencies and others on preventing deaths in custody. They reflect international law, policy and best practice and offer a …
… The International Committee of the Red Cross … is a neutral, impartial and independent humanitarian organization working to safeguard … As the guardian of international humanitarian law (IHL), we engaged in dialogue with the …
… of the continent's wider, undocumented humanitarian tragedy. Families are central to … efforts, as are robust institutions and laws. To mark the International Day of the Disappeared, this …
… I get when I tell people about the work the International Committee of the Red Cross … without access to medical assistance or law enforcement. By taking over the enemy's … communities, enabling us to undertake neutral humanitarian action when needed. Traditional …
… in awareness-raising sessions about international humanitarian law. Learn more about our activities in Mali …
… and friends. Relieve their pain is on of the International Committee of the Red Cross' … their families may provide responses to the humanitarian suffering and to the common needs … Forensic Medicine Facilities (IMLs) and lawyers. M. Cruppe/ICRC The Capistrano family …
… his birthday, also known as Nelson Mandela International Day. Mr Mandela was visited … from around the world. See also on our Law & Policy blog: The humanitarian consequences of solitary …
… been urbanizing too, and therefore so has humanitarian action. We are increasingly … the ICRC and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. An … events of this cycle, subscribe to our Law and Policy Newsletter . Switzerland …
… 30-07-2021 Gaza (ICRC) – A new study by the International Committee of the Red Cross in … conflict and armed violence and promoting the laws that protect victims of war. A neutral, … We promote compliance with international humanitarian law and work to mitigate the …
… Ukraine. Organized in Dnepropetrovsk by the International Committee of the Red Cross … mean families get answers sooner. This is a humanitarian imperative." The seminar brought … from the local authorities, military, law enforcement agencies, the regional …
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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.