… Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red … of the Afghan population through principled humanitarian action . It has built trust and … Protecting the Vulnerable and Promoting the Law, to First Aid & Hospital Care as well as …
… they had to carry for a long time now. The International Committee of the Red Cross … Mr. Gashi said. In line with international humanitarian law, families of missing people have the Right …
… 24-08-2021 On the International Day of the Disappeared, we … figure. He is our house’s pillar .” – Um Allawi, the wife of Sattar who went missing in … their obligations under International Humanitarian Law. All missing persons and …
… video messages delivered by the staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross … independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives … by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles. The …
… needs Ottilia Anna Maunganidze and the International Committee of the Red Cross … is one of the most damaging and long-lasting humanitarian consequences of armed conflict … persons in compliance with international law. Those efforts can be nurtured at local, …
… in the more than sixty years since the International Committee of the Red Cross … published its Commentaries on these important humanitarian treaties. To promote a better … of, and respect for, this body of law, the ICRC commissioned a comprehensive …
… northern Mali, an area facing a devastating humanitarian crisis compounded by climate … that humanitarian organisations like the International Committee of the Red Cros s … the lens of international humanitarian law", as my colleague Catherine Lune-Grayson …
… continued its activities to deliver effective humanitarian response in relation to the … under its mandate, and to promote the international humanitarian law. Strong collaboration was in place with …
… 2021 In the first half of 2021, the ICRC's humanitarian activities mainly focused on … works to promote knowledge and respect for International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and cultivate acceptance for …
… 16-08-2021 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross … the Falklands Islands (Malvinas). The Second Humanitarian Project Plan (HPP 2) will involve … requirement under international humanitarian law," he explained. A team of six, including …
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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.
