… In a new report, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent … not over. Worldwide, funding for these vital humanitarian services is lagging, and mental … expressly mentioned in national public health laws and policies and that they have specific …
… areas. It highlights those aspects of the Law of Armed Conflict which are particularly …
… three weeks at a high-level workshop on the laws of war, also known as international humanitarian law (IHL), and their application …
… can be attributed to Presidents of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red … to urgently address the existing and imminent humanitarian impacts of climate change, taking … through well-drafted disaster-related laws which enable effective preparedness, …
… It is thus essential to understand how international humanitarian law protects civilians, civilian …
… The Pacific Islands Roundtable on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) provides a dedicated forum for …
… Statement given by the International Committee of the Red Cross … Terrorism not only violates international humanitarian law (IHL). It negates the basic principle of …
… Statement given by the International Committee of the Red Cross … respect and ensure respect for international humanitarian law (IHL). For example, respect for IHL can …
… given by Mr Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross … when wars are fought in violation of the law, without mercy or humanity, the humanitarian impacts are enormous. Not …
… of critical infrastructure, in line with international humanitarian law. But the unprecedented size of the …
Try one of the following resources:
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.
