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 …
… succession, international criminal justice, terrorism and international humanitarian law. …
… 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 …
… to prisons, including as part of counter-terrorism measures. Children are punished for …
… * Le terme terrorisme et ses incidences sur la protection … des personnes en droit international : terrorisme, le mot qui blesse ? Camille … de actor armado y la revisión de los actos de terrorismo en el DIH consuetudinario : ¿un …
… challenges of conflict, including counter-terrorism operations in armed conflict. IHL …
As digital technologies take center stage in contemporary armed conflicts, the Brussels Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) engages with key EU partners advocating for …
… UNGA 74 high-level side event on ‘UN counter-terrorism frameworks and sanctions regimes – … how to ensure compatibility between counter-terrorism measures, sanctions and principled … to discuss the impact of global counter-terrorism measures and existing sanction …
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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.
