… TREATY The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) regulates international transfers of conventional arms, … ATT makes arms transfer decisions subject to humanitarian concerns by forbidding transfers … violations of international human rights law will be committed. The ATT was adopted on …
… Gillies Carbonnier, the vice-president of the International Committee of the Red Cross … in those countries had serious and worrying humanitarian consequences, including internal … in that regard. "We hope that the new law will have a very positive impact on the …
… and strategies put forward by governments, humanitarian organizations and other … and development, and the relation between international humanitarian law and pandemic preparedness. back to top Few …
… a pre-deployment training facilitated by the International Committee of the Red Cross … workshop briefed the participants on the humanitarian situation in conflict-affected … International Human Rights and South Sudanese Law, International Detention Standards, …
… the ICRC supports the capacity of health and humanitarian personnel and volunteers to … members of the Syrian National Commission for International Humanitarian Law (SNCIHL) as well as the Ministries of …
… the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight, the International Committee of the Red Cross … purposes only. However, international humanitarian law should be respected in outer space, as it …
… 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. …
… of attacks on space systems a matter of humanitarian concern. In line with its humanitarian mission and mandate, the International Committee of the Red Cross … limits to such use under international law, notably the Outer Space Treaty, the UN …
… including Sumatera, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Bali and Papua, and received by … detainees). Financial support from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) … pandemic was organized in partnership with Humanitarian Forum Indonesia (HFI) and …
… Maintenance of international peace and security: Mine action … Red Cross (ICRC) has direct experience as a humanitarian organization and in its expertise in international humanitarian law. Landmines, cluster munitions as well as …
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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.
