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Time does not heal the wound, it teaches you to live with it

Losing someone you love is the worst nightmare every human being dreads. When you lose a loved one to conflict and violence, there is more than pain. There is anger and frustration. There is trying …

Article

The contribution of humanitarian action to peace

… violence, whether though military or counter terrorism operations, intercommunity violence …

Statement

Rules in War – A Thing of the Past?

… preoccupy us – whether military, counterterrorism, criminal, or inter-community … criminal law, national legislation, or counterterrorism legislation amongst others. … is key that political agendas, like fighting terrorism, can be brought in line with …

Law and policy topic

ICRC president to UN Security Council: Space for impartial humanitarian action under threat

… by elaborate sanctions regimes and counter-terrorism measures. Humanitarian organizations … levels, and the recognition that counter-terrorism measures must be compliant with … a humanitarian space in domestic counter-terrorism regulations. But our license to …

Statement

ICRC statement to UN Security Council opens debate on preventing and combating financing of terrorism

… about the increased impact that counter-terrorism measures have on impartial … necessary to ensure security and eliminate terrorism. But certain measures, most notably counter-terrorism legislation and sanctions, can …

Law and policy topic

Changing world, unchanged protection? 70 years of the Geneva Conventions

… And as States engage in new counter terrorism activities, it is essential that … military and civilian activities blurring; Terrorism and counter-terrorism entrenched in dynamics of conflict; …

Statement

The law does not discriminate: Neither can we

… on the respect of basic principles in counter terrorism operations and on asymmetric … elaborate sanctions procedures and counter-terrorism measures. Humanitarian principles …

Statement

Reducing Suffering During Armed Conflict: The Interface Between Buddhism and IHL

International Conference - Dambulla, Sri Lanka, 4-6 September 2019 From 4 to 6 September 2019, over 120 participants from around the world gathered in the historic town of Dambulla, Sri Lanka, for an …

Article

As local as possible, as international as necessary

This is the third of a series of Humanitarium events to explore localization in contemporary humanitarian action - a major policy discussion in the sector today following the Grand Bargain. The event …

Event

National Committees and Similar Entities on International Humanitarian Law: Guidelines for Success

… or the development of measures to counteract terrorism. •• Follow, monitor and report A … at global level (e.g. new laws on countering terrorism) are duly taken into consideration …

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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.

IHL treaties

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 IHL

Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.