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"States must continue to ensure respect for IHL to limit environmental degradation due to armed conflict from happening in the first place"

… Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross, … impacting people's lives and amplifying humanitarian needs. Second, how international humanitarian law rules can help limit environmental …

Law and policy topic

“State of emergency declarations are not a free pass to circumvent the law.”

… simultaneously to national priorities and for international cooperation. At times the result … are not a free pass to circumvent the law. Three, unmitigated climate change will … information that fuels violence and amplifies humanitarian needs; or the abuse of personal …

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Webinar: Conflict-related sexual violence and Buddhist principles

… series on the Interface between Buddhism and International Humanitarian Law (IHL) , the Transnational Network of …

Event

Philippines: Helping people affected by conflict and the pandemic

… of violence.   In response to these humanitarian concerns, the International Committee of the Red Cross … on respect for international humanitarian law , or the law of armed conflict, continued …

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A statement from Robert Mardini, ICRC Director General, on the calls for a ceasefire to vaccinate people against COVID-19

… an established, adequately resourced COVAX humanitarian buffer in the case that it is … people in conflict, and insist on respect for international humanitarian law , which protects vaccinations as medical …

News release

Mozambique: ICRC to scale up its humanitarian response in 2021

… Felipe Jacinto Nyusi. To help respond to the humanitarian crisis in the northern province … and training programs on the promotion of International Humanitarian Law for weapons bearers. The ICRC has been …

News release

Safer access to essential public services program

… be shut down. The Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross … the relevant authorities to respond to the humanitarian needs of people affected by armed …

Law and policy topic

Nigeria: Responding to humanitarian needs in a context complicated by COVID19

… to affected populations. In 2020, the humanitarian situation in these areas was … FOREWORD As the Head of Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross … RESPECT FOR INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW (IHL) AND INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR LAW

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“It is time to end the violence in the Central African Republic”

… Bangui (ICRC) - The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross … Republic is experiencing a catastrophic humanitarian crisis. The situation has … protected under international humanitarian law, which also requires all sides to refrain …

Statement

Myanmar: ICRC response to COVID-19

… Since March 2020, the International Committee of the Red Cross … Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has adapted its humanitarian activities throughout the country … to in line with International Humanitarian Law . In addition to food rations, clothes, …

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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.

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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.

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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.