International humanitarian law (IHL) aims to limit the effects of armed conflict for humanitarian reasons. It does so by placing limits on the means and methods of warfare, with a view to limiting …
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Recent armed conflicts have seen civilians encouraged to collect militarily-relevant information through smart-phone; unprecedented numbers of civilian hacker groups (often referred to as …
17F NEX Tower 6786 Ayala Avenue, 1229 Makati City Open-ended Water and habitat The Project Officer is responsible for supporting activities relating to the Prisoners of Climate Change Multi-Year …
32/F BDO Life Megaplaza, 358 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City, Philippines Open-ended Finance and administration The Field Accountant is responsible for the management of field accounts payable and …
Bogotá Open ended contract (according to Colombian labor legislation) Information and communication technology What we do The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) works worldwide to …
Level 6, Pacific House, 1 Butt St, Suva, Fiji Open-ended Full-time Finance and administration The ICRC is a neutral, impartial and independent organisation with the exclusively humanitarian mission …
Delivered by Laurent Gisel, Head of Arms and Conduct of Hostilities. Mr. Chair, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, This First Committee takes place amid steadily increasing levels of armed conflict, …
In times of war, disaster or displacement, people caught in crisis need one thing above all else: help they can trust and depend on. This is where the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) …
In the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine, even people far from the frontlines live under the constant threat of being impacted by missile or drone strikes. All lives are affected, including …
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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.
