A colleague's reflections from Ebola's epicentre Zawadi's sorrowful cry stabs me in the heart. I see her body bend and shrink as her breath seems to fight against her rage. Five unrecognizable human …
… - even in armed conflicts - involving counter-terrorism operations, asymmetric warfare and …
… humanitarian action posed by counter-terrorism measures and sanctions regimes. … by elaborate sanctions procedures and counter-terrorism measures. The ICRC understands and … interests – including through counter-terrorism measures. Such measures, however, …
… of migration flows and the fight against terrorism). The risk of misuse of data may … WhatsApp Metadata Informs Governments about Terrorism in Spite of Encryption,” CNBC, July … financial crimes (e.g. money laundering and terrorism funding).119 FIUs can be part of the …
Statement by the ICRC to the United Nations General Assembly, Fourth Committee on Respect for International Humanitarian Law in Peacekeeping Operations, Agenda item 56: General debate on the …
… conflicts in power, religion, territory, terrorism, trade, and technology. At the …
… crimes under domestic law and to deal with terrorism as a distinct crime. The tribunal …
… some concerning trends converging: violence, terrorism, underdevelopment, injustice, … web of politically–motivated violence, terrorism and disproportionate reaction by … legal concepts (like IHL, criminal and anti-terrorism legislation) and challenges us with …
… Centre Nu ina Vid a Hutagalung, Counter Terrorism and Capacit Building Program, …
This report provides an account of the debates that took place during a meeting of international experts co-organized by the ICRC and Université Laval (Quebec) in June 2016 in Quebec. The subject …
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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.
