… to have armed forces engaged in fighting terrorism and in situations of internal unrest … in the context of armed conflict, under terrorism legislation or common law issues go … such limits, or going beyond, in their anti-terrorism operations, in torturing and …
Statement given by Tilman Rodenhauser, ICRC’s legal advisor, at the Fourth substantive meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on security of and in the use of information and communications …
Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer at the Moscow International Security Conference, June 24, 2021 Excellencies, colleagues Thank you to the Ministry of Defense for the opportunity to address you: In the …
… non-state armed groups. Ensure that counter-terrorism measures and sanctions do not impede …
… principle of humanity. This includes counter-terrorism operations in armed conflict, …
25th session, Human Rights Council The ICRC would like to address the impact of armed conflict on children's access to education and the specific measures that can be taken to improve the protection …
… back of protections in the name of 'fighting terrorism' or other, often elusive, enemies; …
… UNGA 74 high-level side event on ‘UN counter-terrorism frameworks and sanctions regimes – … how to ensure compatibility between counter-terrorism measures, sanctions and principled … to discuss the impact of global counter-terrorism measures and existing sanction …
… 62 Part 3: A topic-based approach 65 IHL and terrorism 66 Rape and other forms of sexual … armed conflicts, ranging from acts of terrorism to sexual violence and from the use … availability of weapons, the spread of terrorism, and the growing number of asymmetric …
I visited Gaza yesterday, and the south of Israel today. The trauma in this region grows after each new round of hostilities. People remain wary of what's to come. What people shared with me is a …
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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.
