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EVENT: Launch of the Updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention

On the 17th of October, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) published the updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of …

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EVENT: From IHL to Humanitarian Action: Exploring Pathways to Peace

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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Travel Administrative Assistant

32/F BDO Life Megaplaza, 358 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City, Philippines Open-ended Finance and administration The Travel Administrative Assistant ensures the smooth and efficient travel …

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Master Data Officer

32/F BDO Life Megaplaza, 358 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City, Philippines Open-ended Data management and analytics The Master Data Officer ensures that the master data is managed as per the global …

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EVENT: From Hackers to Tech Companies: IHL and the Involvement of Civilians in ICT Activities in Armed Conflict

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 …

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Project Officer

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 …

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Field Accountant

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 …

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Sudan: ICRC Statement on the Situation in Darfur

The ICRC is deeply alarmed and profoundly shocked by growing reports from media outlets, public sources and first-hand testimonies about horrifying atrocities and immense suffering to which people …

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Sudan: Statement on the killing of five Sudanese Red Crescent Society volunteers

The following statement can be attributed to Daniel O’Malley, Head of Delegation for the ICRC in Sudan. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) expresses its deepest sorrow over the …

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Israel and the Occupied Territories: ICRC response to staged recovery of deceased in Gaza

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is aware of a video pertaining to the recovery of a deceased person in Gaza. At the request of Hamas, the ICRC accepted to be present in good faith …

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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.

IHL treaties

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.

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Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.