Guiding Principles / Model Law on the Missing
… of this situation. ADVISORY SERVICE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW ____________________________________ …
Skip to main content
Search results
International Criminal Court
… The Statute of the International Criminal Court was adopted in … to punish grave breaches of international humanitarian law. As stated in the ICC Statute, States …
Internally displaced people
… countries as a whole, resulting in serious humanitarian, social and economic concerns. … – State and non-state actors alike – abide by international humanitarian law (IHL), notably the rules protecting …
The use of force in law enforcement operations
… force to maintain or restore public security, law and order in armed conflicts or situations … do not meet the threshold of applicability of international humanitarian law (IHL). Force in law …
Geneva Conventions (Consolidation) Act – Model law
… Legislation for Common Law States on the 1949 Geneva Conventions and … 2005 Additional Protocols ADVISORY SERVICE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW …
The laws of war in a nutshell
… The rules of war, or international humanitarian law (as it is known formally) are a set of …
Pakistan: Strengthening law enforcement capacities in Balochistan
… In a landmark initiative aimed at bolstering law enforcement capacities in the … province of Balochistan, the International Committee of the Red Cross … International Standards of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law". Held from 26 February to 1 …
International Criminal Justice: The Institutions
… it was only in 1945 that the first successful international organs of criminal justice – the … 1949 Geneva Conventions, violations of the laws and customs of war, genocide and crimes … of Sierra Leonean law and international humanitarian law (IHL) committed in Sierra …
Video games and law of war
… face the same dilemmas as real soldiers. International humanitarian law and video games: questions and answers The …
E-briefing: Generating respect for the law
… to members of the ELN armed group about international humanitarian law and the obligation to protect the lives of …
Didn’t find what you were looking for?
Try one of the following resources:
ICRC library
Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.
IHL treaties
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 IHL
Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.