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… to head up the regional delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross … behind its enactment. The reason for such a law was clear: the urgent need to establish a … after losing touch. The ICRC addresses the humanitarian consequences of conflict and …
… start work as a legal officer advising the International Department with MFA on IHL and … with Dr Habtamu Simachew (left), dean of Law School of Wollo University, awarding books … to study and know more about International Humanitarian Law (IHL), a tendency which was …
… said Martin Thalmann, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross … independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives … and compliance of international humanitarian law. ICRC News Release No. 19/02 22 May 2019 …
… continued to cause suffering and had serious humanitarian consequences. The violence … by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles. … the security forces to promote and integrate international norms and standards in their law …
… 'new and improved' Asia-Pacific Journal on International Humanitarian Law (APJIHL). Nine IHL experts from …
… you may be asking why a representative of a humanitarian organisation is offering … processes and policy categories which the international community has created to deal … peace possible. International humanitarian law has positive and multiplying impacts when …
… Maurer address, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Washington DC, 10 May … see the enormous violations of international humanitarian law in conflicts around the world, and …
… ICRC multimedia exhibition featuring at international photographic festival in … Committee of the Red Cross to minimize the humanitarian consequences of being 'in the … to respect international rules known as the 'laws of war'. It conducts first aid training …
… may be further exacerbated. Moreover, humanitarian services are often not adapted to … of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and International Humanitarian Law (IHL). The report assesses the …
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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.
