Translating IHL into military operations
On 4 October 2016, the ICRC hosted a conference at the Humanitarium to discuss how military commanders can ensure their operations remain within the confines of international humanitarian law (IHL). …
On 4 October 2016, the ICRC hosted a conference at the Humanitarium to discuss how military commanders can ensure their operations remain within the confines of international humanitarian law (IHL). …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) annually hosts the Zimbabwe National International Humanitarian Law Moot Court competition to promote knowledge and awareness of IHL amongst young …
03-10-2016 Geneva (ICRC) – Nourane Houas, an ICRC staff member who was abducted late last year in Sanaa, has been released and is currently in Muscat. The ICRC would like to thank all those who have …
Despite bright sunshine, dark clouds cast shadows over the city squares of Sarajevo, Mostar and Banja Luka on 30 August 2016. The clouds were carrying not rain but a question: Where is (s)he? The …
The ICRC tries to ensure that its activities on behalf of IDPs and those at risk of displacement support, rather than undermine, communities' and individuals' self-protection mechanisms and coping …
01-10-2016 Port Moresby (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has urged communities in PNG affected by tribal conflict to respect and protect health services at all times. ICRC …
Paiwand-Ali, 49, is from northern Afghanistan. He was a police officer until he lost his leg to a landmine in 1990. Photos by Gueorgui Pinkhassov/Magnum Photos for the ICRC Paiwand-Ali as a police …
In Afghanistan, getting to a central hospital may mean choosing between travelling dangerous roads at night and risking death by waiting for the next day. Just a little extra training for the …
The 17-year-old would have been the mother of twins. Nyandieng's first child was delivered at the family's simple mud and straw home. But complications prevented the second twin's birth. Seeking …
“I want to be handsome,” says Ahmed Habib, while performing a sketch. Ahmed, 15, is a boy from Shujaeya neighbourhood in Gaza City, which was heavily affected by the 2014 conflict. To this day, …
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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.