… (ICRC) – Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross … of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society. The humanitarian situation in countries suffering … respect for international humanitarian law, and the security of humanitarian …
… was to discuss the application of rules of international humanitarian law in hostilities and civil military …
… expands in Iraq, the ICRC is stepping up its humanitarian work. It has brought food and … and civilian objects are protected under international humanitarian law. We continue to remind all parties to the …
… and other emergencies, was unveiled by the International Committee of the Red Cross … and Red Crescent Movement is the largest humanitarian network in the world. Its mission … regional congresses, courses and workshops (law of armed conflict, ethics, etc.) and the …
… by nations contributing to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force … Promoting compliance with international humanitarian law (IHL) Reminding the parties to a conflict …
… 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 …
… attention be spared at all times." Under international humanitarian law, civilians, medical workers and health …
… Materials on Contemporary Practice in International Humanitarian Law, by Marco Sassòli, Antoine A. Bouvier and …
… Geneva/Damascus (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross … of their obligation under international humanitarian law to protect and spare civilians at all …
… to reflect on the development of the law of war and the continued relevance of the … Annual Southern Africa Regional Seminar on International Humanitarian Law (IHL), an annual event …
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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.
