The Chinese-language version of a worldwide study conducted by the ICRC of the practices of States in the event of armed conflict was published in Beijing this October.

A study by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) identifying 161 rules of customary international humanitarian law will be presented on 25.02.2007 at a launch ceremony for the Arab World in Cairo under the auspices of the League of Arab States and the Egyptian Ministry of Justice/National Commission for International Humanitarian Law

An ICRC study identifying 161 rules of customary international humanitarian law that apply in armed conflicts was presented at a national launch seminar held in Colombo today.

Geneva / Addis Ababa (ICRC) – A study by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) identifying 161 rules of customary international humanitarian law was presented at a launch ceremony for the African continent held in Addis Ababa today under the auspices of the African Union.

The ICRC and the Chinese Society of International Law have jointly hosted a regional roundtable to consult governments and legal experts on the findings of the ICRC's historic study on customary international humanitarian law (IHL).

On 28 November, 22 traditional leaders from the Gulu district of northern Uganda's conflict-ridden Acholi region took part in a one-day seminar organized by the ICRC on its humanitarian activities and on basic principles of international humanitarian law.

Geneva (ICRC) – Following more than eight years of research, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has made public a study of customary international humanitarian law applicable during armed conflict.