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2019 ICRC report on IHL and the challenges of contemporary armed conflicts

… ICRC has been submitting to the quadrennial International Conference of the Red Cross and … counterterrorism measures and principled humanitarian action ; and the status and … ‘ IHL in Action’ . INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW AND THE CHALLENGES OF CONTEMPORARY ARMED …

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Afghanistan: ICRC facilitates release of 10 Afghan National Security Forces detainees

… Kabul/Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross … As a neutral, impartial, and independent humanitarian organization, the ICRC … and promoting international humanitarian law for the protection of the civilian …

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ICRC recommends humane treatment for all detainees, not just specific groups

… you, Madame Moderator, Excellencies, The International Committee of the Red Cross … – which are enshrined in International Humanitarian Law, IHL. This is why the ICRC highly values …

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Rwanda: 30 judges and court registrars complete advanced IHL training

… and inspectors of the High Court-Chamber of International Crimes and the Court of Appeal … completed a two-day training on International Humanitarian Law (IHL). The seminar took place from 12 to …

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Displacement in armed conflict debated at panel discussion in Amman

… ICRC News Release Amman (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross … attention to the key role that international humanitarian law plays in preventing and addressing …

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The Regional Maritime Security Operations Workshop: Enforcement challenges and humanitarian issues in maritime setting

… it necessary for national, regional and international law enforcement bodies to cooperate with each … also encouraged participants to address the humanitarian consequences of transnational …

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Rules for the ages? London debate sets out challenges facing IHL

… For 70 years international humanitarian law (IHL) has sought to limit the consequences …

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Peacekeeping Operations: ICRC Statement to the United Nations, 2019

… their aspects. Delivered by Ms. Agnès Coutou, Humanitarian Affairs Adviser, ICRC NYC Thank … increased the likelihood of applicability of international humanitarian law (IHL) to PKOs and of their being …

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Internal Displacement in Armed Conflicts

… and to critically examine the design of the humanitarian response to those displaced in … Displacement in times of armed conflict: How international humanitarian law protects in war, and why it matters …

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States must address concerns raised by autonomous weapons

… Effects (CCW), 13 to 15 November 2019. The International Committee of the Red Cross … reaffirms the applicability of international humanitarian law (IHL) and the importance of 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.

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.

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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.