The latest escalation which broke out in May 2021 in Gaza and Israel is one of the most intense hostilities that we, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), have witnessed in the region …
… 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 …
… at least in the public perception. Counter-terrorism strategies, air strikes and a UN …
… next at 52 percent; increasing poverty and terrorism were next, both with 47 percent; and …
A colleague's reflections from Ebola's epicentre Zawadi's sorrowful cry stabs me in the heart. I see her body bend and shrink as her breath seems to fight against her rage. Five unrecognizable human …
… succession, international criminal justice, terrorism and international humanitarian law. …
… to prisons, including as part of counter-terrorism measures. Children are punished for …
… challenges of conflict, including counter-terrorism operations in armed conflict. IHL …
… and Fundamental Freedoms While Countering Terrorism, Ben Emmerson, UN Doc. A/HRC/25/59, … Leiden Policy Recommendations on Counterterrorism and International Law, 1 April 2010, … President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, The Ethics and Efficacy of the …
… conflict environments and while fighting terrorism, the international community must …
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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.
