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News ICRC and IPU urge lawmakers to ensure greater respect for rules of war 19-10-2009 News release 14-10-2008 News release Section Respecting and ensuring respect for International Humanitarian Law
 Key document14-9-2004 The relevance of international humanitarian law in contemporary armed conflictsCommittee of legal advisers on public international law (CADHI), 28th meeting
Lausanne, 13-14 September 2004 - Intervention by Dr. Jakob Kellenberger, President of
the ICRC
(Humanitarian law\Reaffirmation and development) Official Statement Regional organizations3-4-2006 European Union Guidelines on promoting compliance with international humanitarian lawThe purpose of the Guidelines is to set out operational tools for the European Union and its institutions and bodies to promote compliance with international humanitarian law (IHL). They underline the European Union's commitment to promote such compliance in a visible and consistent manner. (Humanitarian law\Other issues\Respect for IHL) Other site Includes PDF ICRC Publication22-4-2008 Increasing respect for international humanitarian law in non-international armed conflictsThe most widely prevalent type of armed conflict today is non-international in nature. It involves hostilities between government armed forces and organized non-State armed groups or is carried on among members of such groups themselves. A major challenge has always been how to make the rules of IHL known to the opposing sides and how to ensure they are applied. (Info resources\ICRC publications and films\Publications\Humanitarian law) ICRC Publication Includes PDF International Review of the Red Cross30-6-2008 Sanctions as a means of obtaining greater respect for humanitarian law: a review of their effectivenessThere are several aspects to reviewing the role of punishment in ensuring greater respect for international humanitarian law. First, the question of improving compliance with the law; second, focus on the punishment itself; and third, characteristics of the perpetrators. (Info resources\International Review\2008 - No. 870) International Review of the Red Cross Includes PDF 30-6-2008 The impact of military disciplinary sanctions on compliance with international humanitarian lawThis article assesses the impact of disciplinary military sanctions on respect for international humanitarian law. Whereas the armed forces rely on a strong principle of obedience, respect for international humanitarian law depends essentially on the superior officer whose responsibility is subject to sanctions imposed by international criminal judges within a judicial system which aims to make sanctions an effective means of ensuring respect for international humanitarian law. (Info resources\International Review\2008 - No. 870) International Review of the Red Cross Includes PDF 30-6-2008 Armed groups, sanctions and the implementation of international humanitarian lawThis article examines the obligations of armed groups to impose sanctions and their possibilities for doing so. It discusses characteristics of armed groups that influence their willingness and ability to comply with IHL and to punish those of their members who commit violations and it analyses the different methods of punishment, including disciplinary sanctions, penal sanctions imposed by the State and penal sanctions imposed by the group itself. (Info resources\International Review\2008 - No. 870) International Review of the Red Cross Includes PDF 30-6-2002 State responsibility for violations of international humanitarian law(Info resources\International Review\2002 - No. 846) International Review of the Red Cross Includes PDF 31-3-2000 Common Article 1 of the Geneva Conventions revisited: Protecting collective interests(Info resources\International Review\2000 - No. 837) International Review of the Red Cross 28-2-1994 Measures available to States for fulfilling their obligation to ensure respect for international humanitarian law(Info resources\International Review\1994 and before) International Review of the Red Cross Legal article27-6-2004 Improving compliance with international humanitarian lawBackground Paper prepared for Informal High-Level Expert Meeting on Current Challenges to International Humanitarian Law, Cambridge, June 25-27, 2004 (Humanitarian law\Other issues\Respect for IHL) Legal article Official Statement29-10-2008 Respect for International Humanitarian Law - A major challenge, a global responsibilitySpeaking notes of Dr Jakob Kellenberger, President of the ICRC, European Parliament, Brussels, 16 September 2008
(ICRC Activities\Humanitarian diplomacy\Other organizations) Official Statement 20-11-2007 Protection of civilians in armed conflictStatement by Angelo Gnaedinger, director general of the ICRC, United Nations Security Council, New York, 20 November 2007 (ICRC Activities\Humanitarian diplomacy\United Nations) Official Statement Report19-2-2008 International humanitarian law and the challenges of contemporary armed conflictsOfficial working document of the 30th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Geneva, 26 to 30 November 2007. (Humanitarian law\Reaffirmation and development) Report Includes PDF More in this section1-1-2004 What is the ICRC's role in ensuring respect for humanitarian law? Extract from ICRC publication "International humanitarian law: answers to your questions" (Humanitarian law\Other issues\Respect for IHL)  |
