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Presented in two volumes, it analyzes the customary rules of IHL and contains a detailed summary of the relevant treaty law and ... In the absence of ratifications of important treaties in this area, ...

• 2006-12-31
• Publication
• by: Jean-Marie Henckaerts and Louise Doswald-Beck

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law
      • Customary law

Custom as a source of international humanitarian law 14-09-2007 Proceedings of the Conference to Mark the Publication of the ICRC ... 422 110 68 CUSTOM AS A SOURCE OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW ...

• 2007-09-14
• Miscellaneous

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law
      • Customary law

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • India

During the conflict that followed presidential elections in 2010, 17-year-old Célestine Toualy and her 7-year-old nephew Mohammed ... ICRC, access all, Liberia / Côte d'Ivoire, December 2011, Running ...

• 2009-03-24
• Section

Biblio 2011-4.docx Biblio 2011-3.doc Biblio 2011-2.doc Biblio janv11-avr11.doc 18-01-2012 The bibliography contains English and ... IHL bibliography 4th trimester 2011 IHL bibliography 3rd trimester ...

• 2012-01-18
• Miscellaneous

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law

Andrea Bianchi (HEI), stressed in his introductory remarks that humanitarian assistance is a multifaceted phenomenon that lies at ... The normal pattern of events was as follows: if there was turmoil ...

• 2004-12-31
• Article

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Ensuring economic security

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Water and habitat

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Health

Quite apart from the political process of how the decision to drop them was reached, the chronological context left many with the ... At that time the population of Nagasaki City was 240,000, ...

• 2007-06-30
• Article
• by: Nobuko Margaret Kosuge

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • History
      • Second World War

• Topic
  • ICRC activities

"In the current phase of the project, we are providing a basis for ... It is not necessary for a State to formally accept a rule of custom in order to be bound by it, as long as the overall State ...

• 2011-11-18
• News Release

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law
      • Customary law

During the conflict that followed presidential elections in 2010, 17-year-old Célestine Toualy and her 7-year-old nephew Mohammed ... ICRC, access all, Liberia / Côte d'Ivoire, December 2011, Running ...

• 2009-03-24
• Section

This response is based, in part, on Jean-Marie Henckaerts, ‘‘Customary international humanitarian law: ... This response is based, in part, on Jean-Marie Henckaerts, ‘‘Customary international ...

• 2007-06-30
• Article
• by: Jean-Marie Henckaerts

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law
      • Customary law

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL in domestic law

• Places
  • The Americas
    • United States

International human rights law and international humanitarian law are ... Thus, the question arises whether there is conflict and tension or synergy between various regimes.5 1 2 3 4 5 See, e.g., ...

• 2007-12-26
• Article
• by: Cordula Droege

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Security detention

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL and other legal regimes
      • IHL and human rights

This right of initiative, founded on custom, does not depend on the type of situation prevailing in the country concerned, ... [In this connection, see Yves Sandoz, " Le droit d'initiative du Comité ...

• 1993-05-01
• Miscellaneous

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • Mandate and mission

The second item on the agenda, Strengthening Capacity to Assist and Protect the Most Vulnerable, will focus on strengthening the global network of National Red ... 5. We shall respect culture and custom.

• 1995-10-01
• Miscellaneous

• Topic
  • Red Cross Red Crescent Movement
    • International Conference
      • 26th Conference

These gaps present specific opportunities for clarifying and developing ... International humanitarian law: gaps and opportunities Armed conflict causes both direct and indirect environmental damage, ...

• 2010-09-30
• Article
• by: Michael Bothe, Carl Bruch, Jordan Diamond, and David Jensen

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Conduct of hostilities
      • Environment and warfare

ICRC Geneva, January 2006 A Guide to the Legal Review of New Weapons, ... The first international instrument to refer to the legal assessment of emerging military technologies was the St Petersburg ...

• 2006-12-31
• Article

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Respect for IHL

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Conduct of hostilities
      • Methods and means of warfare

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Review of new weapons

The Review intends to inform its readers from time to time of such "concrete and ... international law derived from established custom, the principles of humanity and the dictates of public conscience.

• 1996-04-30
• Article

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Building respect for IHL
      • Dialogue with weapon bearers

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Conduct of hostilities
      • Environment and warfare

• People
  • Weapon bearers

Christopher Greenwood 28-02-1997 Article, International Review of the Red Cross, No. 316, by Christopher Greenwood Christopher ... If it is approached in that way, then whatever reservations there ...

• 1997-02-28
• Article
• by: Christopher Greenwood

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Nuclear weapons

The ICRC-supported centres provide custom-made artificial limbs and supportive devices (orthoses), crutches and wheelchairs ... They gradually regain their confidence and resume normal activities as ...

• 2011-12-02
• News Release

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Health
      • Physical rehabilitation

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Pakistan

• People
  • Disabled persons

Introduction In the 50 years or so since the adoption of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, mankind has experienced an alarming ... Even so, there have been numerous violations of these treaties, ...

• 2005-03-31
• Article
• by: Jean-Marie Henckaerts

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law
      • Customary law

But then civilians became the main victims of armed conflict, the target of all manner of excesses such as mass extermination, ... However, it contains no detailed provisions for the protection of the ...

• 1998-10-27
• Report

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Protecting civilians

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Protected persons
      • Civilians

• People
  • Civilians

3. The minimum age of recruitment (on a voluntary or compulsory basis) 4. The Optional Protocol should be applicable to situations ... According to the second additional protocol to the Geneva ...

• 1995-12-02
• Report

• Topic
  • Red Cross Red Crescent Movement
    • Council of delegates
      • 1995

• People
  • Children

Its aim is to try to understand the spirit of the rules rather than to sublimate them; ... the best possible institutions in societies where the moral code and custom play the dominant role.

• 1998-12-31
• Article
• by: Ly Djibril

• Places
  • Africa
    • Mauritius

• Places
  • Africa
    • Senegal

It has always been the rebels’ custom to care for enemy soldiers wounded in the fighting in our improvised hospitals, ... Not having any address at which to reach Fidel Castro, the ICRC broadcast a ...

• 1998-12-31
• Article
• by: Françoise Perret

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • History
      • Since 1945

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Cuba

The media cannot be considered a legitimate target, even if they are being used for propaganda purposes, ... The media cannot be considered a legitimate target, even if they are being used for ...

• 2004-03-31
• Article
• by: Alexandre Balguy-Gallois

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Protected persons
      • Journalists

Fighting often makes it impossible to access an area, sometimes the terrain or meteorological conditions do not allow the passage ... The foremost goal of sieges and blockades was not to inflict ...

• 1999-09-30
• Article
• by: Christa Rottensteiner

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • International criminal jurisdiction

In that regard, the four Geneva Conventions for the protection of war victims, of 12 August 1949 [2 ] , ... Some fifty years ago, the drafting of these Conventions led to the inclusion in their common ...

• 2000-03-31
• Article
• by: Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Luigi Condorelli

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Multinational forces

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Respect for IHL