Counterterrorism, IHL and Humanitarian Action
The Advanced IHL Learning Series are addressed to lecturers and trainers who wish to be abreast of the latest developments in international humanitarian law (IHL) and other related areas. The series …
The Advanced IHL Learning Series are addressed to lecturers and trainers who wish to be abreast of the latest developments in international humanitarian law (IHL) and other related areas. The series …
19-06-2018 Geneva (ICRC) – The number of non-international armed conflicts more than doubled from the beginning of the century, according to data from the International Committee of the Red Cross …
19-06-2018 Abuja (ICRC) – A three-day workshop on international humanitarian law (IHL), gathering close to 70 lecturers, was inaugurated in Abuja today. Organised by the International Committee of …
Hong Kong secondary school students attend a Chinese military passing-out ceremony in Hong Kong, July 2011. ©EPA / Alex Hofford On 18 June 2018, the ICRC will present findings from its landmark …
Education supports children and communities to live their lives in dignity and achieve their potential. For the ICRC, consolidating and enhancing its response to education needs in armed conflict and …
The purpose of this document is to outline how and to what extent the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will engage in operations and policy in education. Our primary objective is to …
Education gives children and young people the skills to make reasoned choices in life, to build their resilience and to develop coping mechanisms. Education protects and sustains lives and …
The Professional Standards for Protection Work (third edition) (also available in an abridged version ) constitute a set of minimum but essential standards aimed at ensuring that protection work …
Around 30 senior military officers from 19 countries in the Asia Pacific region as well as ICRC specialists and prominent academic authorities on the law of maritime warfare participate in the …
13-06-2018 A statement from Robert Mardini, the regional director for the Near and Middle East for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), on the situation in Hodeida, Yemen. The most …
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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.