… Mr Chair, The Covid-19 pandemic has increased humanitarian needs of the men, women and … armed conflicts around the world. Respect for international humanitarian law remains very important for the protection …
… by torrential rains have created a deepening humanitarian crisis in which communities now … conflict to respect their obligations under international humanitarian law to prevent human suffering and ensure the …
… 29-10-2020 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross … to Armenia . The ICRC took part in the humanitarian operation as a neutral … Under international humanitarian law, parties to a conflict must endeavor to …
… 28-10-2020 A statement from Martin Schüepp, International Committee of the Red Cross … These are obligations under international humanitarian law . "These latest exchanges signal that the …
… The Asia-Pacific is a complex and diverse international humanitarian law (IHL) landscape. From Nauru to Pakistan, …
… Geneva/New York, 24 October 2020 – The International Red Cross and Red Crescent … into force as an instrument of international humanitarian law in 90 days. The Treaty is the first …
… that have brought us to this moment. The International Committee of the Red Cross and … it creates, the reach of international humanitarian law, and the extent of human suffering we are …
… The International Committee of the Red Cross … (JCAP) will launch a series of webinars on Humanitarian Affairs in Asia. The webinars … dissemination of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and Humanitarian Principles. Three …
… to Ministerial Roundtable on Responding to Humanitarian Challenges in a Long-Term … of belligerents for better respect of international humanitarian law, investments in sustainable responses and …
… General debate on all disarmament and international security agenda items Delivered … to these discussions its experience as a humanitarian organization working worldwide to … its expertise in international humanitarian law (IHL). This year we celebrate the 75th …
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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.
