General principles of international criminal law – Factsheet
… International criminal law is the body of law that prohibits certain … The repression of serious violations of international humanitarian law is essential for ensuring …
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Cooperation in extradition and judicial assistance in criminal matters – Factsheet
… In order to ensure respect for international humanitarian law (IHL), States must establish mechanisms …
Command responsibility and failure to act – Factsheet
… International humanitarian law (IHL) provides a system for repressing … IHL COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY AND FAILURE TO ACT International humanitarian law (IHL) provides …
1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
… applies two general customary rules of international humanitarian law to specific weapons. These customary rules …
Universal jurisdiction over war crimes – Factsheet
… crimes are so grave that they affect the international community as a whole, the … Jurisdiction includes the power to make law (legislative jurisdiction), to interpret … Other instruments relevant to international humanitarian law, such as the Hague Convention …
Judicial guarantees and safeguards – Factsheet
… committed, is crucial to ensuring respect for international law and to the interests of justice. The … 130 GC III; Art. 147 GC IV). International humanitarian law applicable to …
1997 Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
… Mine Ban Convention, or APMBC) is part of the international response to the widespread … is based on customary rules of international humanitarian law applicable to all states. These rules …
1993 Chemical Weapons Convention
… belongs to the category of instruments of international law that prohibit weapons deemed particularly … independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives …
2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions
… used. In May 2008, 107 states concluded an international treaty prohibiting these … 2010. An important addition to international humanitarian law (IHL), the Convention reinforces …
1954 Convention on the protection of cultural property - Factsheet
… the significance of this loss, the international community adopted the 1954 Hague … the following are offences under domestic law (P2, Art. 15): 1. making cultural property … independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives …
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Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.