16-02-2023 Geneva (ICRC) –The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on 17 February marks its 160th year of work to bring relief to millions of people adversely affected by armed conflict. …
The ICRC takes the issue of misinformation, disinformation, and hate speech (MDH) during armed conflict seriously and is dedicated to finding effective ways to address this problem and its …
… the launching of the so-called “global war on terrorism” - a concept to which the ICRC did … that the fight against NSAGs involved in terrorism and/or deemed to constitute a threat … prohibiting “services” or “support to” terrorism or to sanctions lists. Aside from a …
Since the Burundi crisis began in 2015, more than 250,000 people have fled to the neighbouring countries of Rwanda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Many families were split up …
… to ensure sanctions regimes and counter-terrorism measures comply with IHL, notably … the scope of sanctions regimes and counter-terrorism measures), must be put in place to …
… some concerning trends converging: violence, terrorism, underdevelopment, injustice, … web of politically–motivated violence, terrorism and disproportionate reaction by … legal concepts (like IHL, criminal and anti-terrorism legislation) and challenges us with …
… is not applicable in a context of fighting terrorism." "The law imposes unfair symmetric … conflict today – including in certain counter-terrorism operations – is often just moving …
Urban wars in Iraq, Syria and Yemen are amongst the deadliest conflicts of our time. People’s homes, their doorsteps, their streets, their schools and their hospitals are all part of the battlefield …
… acts, which have led to a wealth of counterterrorism measures. There is no doubt that it … blurring the lines between armed conflict and terrorism, with potentially adverse effects on IHL. While the legal frameworks governing terrorism and IHL have some common ground – …
… negative impact of sanctions and counter-terrorism measures on humanitarian aid. These … mitigate, the humanitarian impact of counter-terrorism measures by putting in place …
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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.
