… livestreamed from this page on 4 November The International Committee of the Red Cross … and the Centre for Military and Security Law (CMSL) at the Australian National … a debate on military involvement in providing humanitarian assistance in conflict zones. …
… debates that took place during a meeting of international experts co-organized by the ICRC … conduct of hostilities under international humanitarian law". The principle of proportionality …
… to inform and influence policy debates on key humanitarian issues. Key recent publications … Summit (WHS): Perspectives and pledges of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent … more than ever (Helen Durham, Head of Law and Policy) Future Humanitarian Action: A …
… announced the six winners of the 2017 Young Humanitarian Writers Competition. The … professor Dr Mohd. Hisham Mohd Kamal of the International Islamic University Malaysia, who … awareness about international humanitarian law and its principles. Today, more than ever, …
… / CICR 2019 The ICRC foments dialogue with law enforcement to ensure that they are familiar with and apply international human rights law and international humanitarian law in their operations. In 2019, …
… 2018 Download the Statutes of the ICRC The International Committee of the Red Cross … independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives … by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles. …
… Humanitarian crises, including pandemics, … of the dead in emergencies programme, the International Committee of the Red Cross … with various national and international laws. Addressing a core component of the …
… The International Committee of the Red Cross … the use of toxic chemicals as weapons for law enforcement purposes should be limited … Convention, and customary international humanitarian law. This includes a prohibition …
… and is contrary to the core objectives of international law, including international humanitarian law (IHL). The International …
… The International Conference on the Convention on … in order to ensure respect for International Humanitarian Law (IHL). The ICRC has been closely involved …
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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.
