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 in … is not applicable in a context of fighting terrorism” and “How can the law apply when the …
… attention on maritime security operations, terrorism threats and migration, it is …
… 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 …
… at least in the public perception. Counter-terrorism strategies, air strikes and a UN arms …
… succession, international criminal justice, terrorism and international humanitarian law. …
… challenges of conflict, including counter-terrorism operations in armed conflict. IHL …
… to prisons, including as part of counter-terrorism measures. Children are punished for …
… and Fundamental Freedoms While Countering Terrorism, Ben Emmerson, UN Doc. A/HRC/25/59, … Department Legal Adviser Abraham Sofaer, “Terrorism, the Law, and the National Defense”, … have been subsumed under the fight against terrorism.68 Based on the relevant …
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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.
