International law on the conduct of hostilities regulates and limits the methods and means of warfare used by parties to an armed conflict. It aims to strike a balance between legitimate military …
… ambulances) were damaged. The South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP), an independent site, … and 2014 some 40 doctors were killed due to terrorism.(5) This number is an … of doctors (1000 – 1500/year) due to terrorism and the search for better quality of …
… comparative use of force IHL and counter-terrorism operations Engagement with non-state …
… comparative use of force IHL and counter-terrorism operations Engagement with non-state …
… as an observer in the SCO joint anti-terrorism military exercise "Peace Mission …
International law regulates the methods and means of warfare. It aims to strike a balance between legitimate military objectives and the humanitarian objective of reducing suffering, particularly …
… the ICRC's support, the DMP's Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit chief …
… and of human rights law, including acts of terrorism and sexual and gender-based …
18-02-2004 Geneva (ICRC) - The ICRC is increasingly concerned about the humanitarian impact of the West Bank Barrier on many Palestinians living in occupied territory. Where it deviates from the …
… - national legislative frameworks on counter-terrorism. These topics were selected in light …
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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.
