Conduct of hostilities and protection of civilians
International law regulates the methods and means of warfare. It aims to strike a balance between legitimate military objectives and the humanitarian objective of reducing suffering, particularly …
International law regulates the methods and means of warfare. It aims to strike a balance between legitimate military objectives and the humanitarian objective of reducing suffering, particularly …
… dares to interfere with our fight against terrorism, we will return fire in the name of … will be carried out to fight against terrorism and protect the territorial … Fodavan military however, amounts to a war on terrorism. Ergo, the jurisdiction of Article …
… exemption particularly linked to counter-terrorism-related UN sanctions (the “1267” …
Unión Alto Sanibeni is a small community of Asháninka people located in the jungle of central Peru. During the country's internal conflict in the 1980s and 1990s, violent clashes frequently broke out …
… Similarly, the rise in violent extremism and terrorism as well as the proliferation of …
… that the law does not apply to counter terrorism operations; And overall, the sense … role to play in the quest to reduce acts of terrorism and other forms of extreme violence. …
… The final webinar in this series, "Counterterrorism measures and international … and legal concerns stemming from counter-terrorism operations in the context of armed … and international human rights law in counterterrorism operations in armed conflict, and …
International law on the conduct of hostilities regulates and limits the methods and means of warfare used by parties to an armed conflict. It aims to strike a balance between legitimate military …
The medical team at Dhulikhel Hospital, half an hour drive from Kathmandu, has been working round the clock to save lives after the earthquake on 25th April. On 12th May, the hospital had to face the …
… Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter-Terrorism, National Defense University of …
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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.