Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL) (leaflet)
… Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL) is an education programme that … of age to the basic rules and principles of international humanitarian law (IHL). The teaching methods …
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Legal Measures and Mechanisms to Prevent Disappearances, to Establish the Fate of Missing Persons, and to Assist their Families
… Universal Meeting of National Committees on International Humanitarian Law, March 19-21 2007. The issue of missing …
Strengthening International Humanitarian Law Protecting Persons Deprived of their Liberty: Thematic Consultation of Government Experts on Conditions of Detention and Particularly Vulnerable Detainees
… was part of the ICRC's Strengthening International Humanitarian Law initiative, and was organized pursuant to …
Expert Meeting: Humanitarian, Military, Technical and Legal Challenges of Cluster Munitions
… report of the ICRC Expert Meeting on the Humanitarian, Military, Technical and Legal … Switzerland. This event was organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross … of existing international humanitarian law; - Potential restrictions on the use of …
History of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Volume III: from Yalta to Dien Bien Phu, 1945-1955
… conflict and initiatives in the field of international humanitarian law. At the operational level, in addition to …
Checklist: Domestic measures to implement the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
… and is complementary to the ICRC Model Law. CHECKLIST: ANTI-PERSONNEL MINE BAN … well as good practices. The Model Law of the International Committee of the Red Cross … as those listed below? • • • • • 2 Clearance (humanitarian demining) Stockpile destruction …
Study on Customary International Humanitarian Law: A Contribution to the Understanding and Respect for the Rule of Law in Armed Conflict
… the rationale behind a study on customary international humanitarian law recently undertaken by the ICRC at the …
Webinar: Religions, health issues and management of the dead with Alkhairaat University
… initiated by the regional delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross … infection. A man in Kolaka, Southeast Sulawesi, insisted on washing the body of his … that MotD is one of the three pillars of humanitarian response in disasters, together …
The Basics of International Humanitarian Law
… What is international humanitarian law (IHL)? Why is it important? How and who …
Base policies on IHL and leave political controversies outside humanitarian concerns
… United Nations Economic and Social Council – Humanitarian Affairs Segment, 9 June 2020 … dependency and made vulnerable to abuse. The international community has a chance to act … power of International Humanitarian Law must be fully implemented to mitigate …
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ICRC library
Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.
IHL treaties
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 IHL
Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.