… welcome you to the Ninth Senior Workshop on International Rules Governing Military … since the inception of modern international humanitarian law, the spirit of the law was by no means new …
… Sitting through my first course of International Law during my bachelors, I remember thinking … that is committed to the mission of upholding humanitarian values. Therefore, when I saw the …
… National Committees, the launch gathered an international panel of experts at the CICG in … ways in which national authorities and key humanitarian actors can encourage and … the respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) in urban armed conflicts. …
… with the Venezuelan Red Cross (VRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red … works to assist the people affected by the humanitarian consequences of violence and … and Curaçao islands, where it seeks national law. It works in strict compliance with its to …
… Geneva (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross … on Wednesday to continue the ICRC’s ongoing humanitarian discussions with the Russian … steps guided by international humanitarian law that the parties must take to limit the …
… force to maintain or restore public security, law and order. In all such situations, law … or other equipment, are compatible with international legal standards on the use of … MAY 2020 Q1 What are the main legal and humanitarian concerns regarding the use of …
… According to international humanitarian law (IHL), health establishments and units, …
… armed actors fail to uphold IHL rules and humanitarian principles. In 2022, our field … country as a result of the seven ongoing non-international armed conflicts. Sadly, there was … compliance with international humanitarian law (IHL). Neutrality does not mean that the …
… We wish that the figures we report here for humanitarian consequences belonged to the … of what makes us human. But this is not true. International humanitarian law (IHL), also known as the "law of war", is …
… Senior Scientific and Policy Adviser, International Committee of the Red Cross … for a neutral, independent, and impartial humanitarian organisation, such as the … respect for international humanitarian law – the law of war. President Xi stated that …
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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.
