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… 26-09-2014 The International Committee of the Red Cross is … facilitate neutral, independent and impartial humanitarian activities. Years of fighting in … operations. "Under international humanitarian law, every party to these conflicts must …
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… Statement Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross to … present how States can mitigate these adverse humanitarian consequences through action at … complies with existing rules of international law. In the ICRC’s view, this requires action …
… ICRC) – Experts in Islamic studies and international humanitarian law participated in a two-day workshop during …
… The Senegalese international appears in "Defenders", the … aim at behavior that runs counter to the laws of war. The film begins in a makeshift … most vulnerable." He refers to international humanitarian law (IHL) without explicitly …
… Speech by Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, on … for refugees, respect for international law" at the UN Summit for Refugees and … is to draw your attention to international humanitarian law and its relevance in …
… February 2023 of a number of articles in the international press about the humanitarian operations of the International … humanitarian action prevails, both in law and in practice, in the digital era. …
… to address this OEWG on the question of how international law applies to the use of ICTs by States, with … measures to maintain peace and security. As a humanitarian organization we strive to see …
… by the ICRC, New York, 14 October 2015. The International Committee of the Red Cross … place on the promotion of the rule of law, through the work of the Sixth Committee, … In particular, the framework of international humanitarian law (IHL) emanates substantially …
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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.
