… 14-07-2020 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is concerned about the humanitarian impact of reported military … the basic rules of international humanitarian law and, while conducting military operations, …
… onset of the COVID-19 crisis mid-March, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) adjusted its ongoing humanitarian response and support in the … for 250 House pertaining to international law and cyber security. 1.4 REGIONAL …
… the Commentary’s main findings on key humanitarian issues related to the treatment … Conventions of 1949 form the foundation of international humanitarian law and provide a framework setting out the …
… Furthermore, the ICRC responded to the humanitarian needs increased by the pandemic, … recommendations on their obligations under international and domestic law when enforcing restrictive measures, such …
… violence. Violence also considerably limited humanitarian access . In short, impoverished … volumes of greenhouse gases into the air. 6. International humanitarian law (IHL) provides protection to the natural …
… Mali and Niger, the security situation and humanitarian crisis have deteriorated … and hospitals destroyed. As compliance with international humanitarian law has been eroded, public authorities have …
… cases of sexual or gender-based violence to law enforcement agencies, without requiring … it is potentially incompatible with international law and medical ethics and … to present the online launch of a joint humanitarian research report exploring the …
… were selected to take part in the Jean-Pictet International humanitarian law (IHL) Competition held in Indonesia in …
… Ouagadougou (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross … at the erosion of respect for international humanitarian law in Burkina Faso over the last few months. …
… aftershocks are deepening fragility – spiking humanitarian needs, accentuating the impact of … response in humanitarian settings. One, International Humanitarian Law must be better respected to protect …
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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.
