Teaching IHL through digital resources: a syllabus for interactive remote teaching
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Our work in Cambodia
… of Cambodia and the National Counter-Terrorism Committee to impress upon …
Haiti: Renewed clashes fuel a humanitarian crisis that has no end in sight
Life in Haiti is becoming increasingly precarious. Thousands of families are being forced to flee their homes in the face of growing armed violence in Port-au-Prince and other regions. Clashes …
Making a case for humanitarian norms in a populist world
… value-for-money. The all-pervasive anti-terrorism discourse is one of our biggest …
The contribution of humanitarian action to peace
… violence, whether though military or counter terrorism operations, intercommunity violence …
Peacekeeping operations: ICRC statement to the United Nations, 2018
Statement by the ICRC to the United Nations General Assembly, Fourth Committee on Respect for International Humanitarian Law in Peacekeeping Operations, Agenda item 56: General debate on the …
Israel and the Occupied Territories: ICRC’ Response to Humanitarian Needs Generated by Recent Outbreak of Hostilities
Key Facts and Figures 07 October – 06 November 2023 One month on, civilians pay the heavy price of intense violence Renewed hostilities in Israel and Gaza –unprecedented in scale and intensity– …
Protocols I and II additional to the Geneva Conventions
Adopted on 8 June 1977, Protocols I and II are international treaties that supplement the Geneva Conventions of 1949. They significantly improve the legal protection covering civilians and the …
The Second Geneva Convention and the role of the ICRC
… attention on maritime security operations, terrorism threats and migration, it is …
Briefing on humanitarian situation in Middle East
… and security approaches to fighting terrorism, the ICRC is increasingly involved … is not applicable in a context of fighting terrorism” and “How can the law apply when the …
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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.