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Model of legislation to implement the 1997 Convention on the prohibition of anti-personnel mines - Model law

Document suggesting model legislative provisions to be used by common law States as guidance in the drafting of legislation relating with the 1997 Anti-personnel Mine Ban Convention. ADVISORY SERVICE …

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1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 – Ratification kit

ADVISORY SERVICE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW ____________________________________ 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 - Ratification kit - SPECIMEN RATIFICATION / …

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Statute of the International Criminal Court – ratification kit

ADVISORY SERVICE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW ____________________________________ Statute of the International Criminal Court - Ratification kit - Model of an instrument of ratification …

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Statute of the International Criminal Court – Article 8

Text of Article 8 of the Statute of the International Criminal Court. ADVISORY SERVICE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW ____________________________________ Statute of the International Criminal …

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1954 Convention for the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict and its protocols – Ratification kit

ADVISORY SERVICE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW ____________________________________ 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its Protocols …

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The International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission – Model declaration of acceptance

ADVISORY SERVICE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW ____________________________________ The International Humanitarian Fact-finding Commission Model declaration of acceptance International …

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The obligation to disseminate international humanitarian law – Factsheet

Factsheet on the obligation to disseminate international humanitarian law. In particular, the following questions/topics are addressed: dissemination: a treaty-based obligations for the States; the …

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Legal protection of children in armed conflict

Factsheet on the legal protection of children in armed conflict. In particular, the following questions/topics are addressed: general protection; special protection; participation in hostilities; …

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1976 Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques

Factsheet on explaining the provisions of the Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques. In particular, the following questions/topics are …

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The exchange of information on national measures to implement international humanitarian law

Fact sheet describing the obligations of States regarding the national implementation of the norms applicable to this particular aspect of international humanitarian law. ADVISORY SERVICE ON …

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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.

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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.

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Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.