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… view of the grave and repeated breaches of international humanitarian law committed by both parties to the conflict, …
… in a panel discussion on the challenges of humanitarian access and to help launch the publication by the International Committee of the Red Cross of “ How Does Law Protect in War? ” Mr Sassoli spoke with …
… meeting of experts from Arab States on international humanitarian law is starting in Algiers today under the …
… ACTIVITIES: JULY-SEPTEMBER 2014 Promotion of international humanitarian law (IHL) • jointly organized the Teacher …
… Expert meeting report The ICRC convened an international expert meeting on autonomous … systems. Some take the view that existing law is sufficient. Others argue that an … WEAPON SYSTEMS TECHNICAL, MILITARY, LEGAL AND HUMANITARIAN ASPECTS GENEVA, SWITZERLAND 26 TO …
… Yerevan (ICRC) – Some 50 specialists of international law, researchers and representatives of the … to discuss the challenges currently facing humanitarian work. The event, taking place on …
… of 2014, the ICRC and its partners within the International Red Cross and Red Crescent … orthotic training. Promoting international humanitarian law In cooperation with the Ethiopian Red …
… (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 …
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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.
