… is an issue that remains in the shadows. The International Committee of the Red Cross … years now to identify and address the serious humanitarian consequences of displacement and … to specific protection under international law, are included in this description. More …
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… In Libya, the International Committee of the Red Cross … its Restoring Family Links program. One ICRC humanitarian worker shares her experience. As … situations of violence and to promote the laws that protect victims of war. It is the …
… 19-03-2016 Joint statement by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red … in a conflict which has created the largest humanitarian crisis of our time. We, the … obligations under international humanitarian law (IHL) to respect civilian life and human …
… 23-09-2014 Nairobi (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross … boosts self-reliance, promotes international humanitarian law, visits detainees and restores contact …
… working as a health field officer for the International Committee of the Red Cross … working for the government and even went to law school. But she still felt something was … about the ICRC. I just wanted to work for a humanitarian organization. But the more I …
… 6: The protection afforded by existing law, and possible avenues to reduce the human … OPERATIONS Foreword One of the main aims of international humanitarian law (IHL) is to protect the …
… for 18 members of local health facilities and international organizations, aiming to … 84 JRCS members. Promotion of international humanitarian law In May, with a view to raising awareness …
… between and reducing and mitigating its humanitarian armed groups, deaths and injuries … services is not often covered in maintain law and order. the media, but it is having an … of armed violence in urban settings. The International Committee of the Red Cross at …
… and facilities are protected under international humanitarian law, meaning they should not be attacked. When …
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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.
