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Voices from Within: A decade of questions racing through the minds of war surgeons in the Middle East and North Africa

… are in even greater need of medical care. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent …   Voices from Within Report Stories from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent … 34 Humanitarian help can be a war of its … care to all those in need. Humanitarian law specifically protects medical …

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Australia: New technologies and implications for states

… rapidly advancing weapons technologies. The International Committee of the Red Cross, the … being developed at a quicker pace than the law," said Netta Goussac, a legal adviser in … be used in compliance with international humanitarian law. In particular, the seminar …

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ICRC President statement on 150th Anniversary of the St Petersburg Declaration

… and strengthening the implementation of international humanitarian law. In particular the ICRC has welcomed the …

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Indonesia: UNPAR crowned national champion of IHL moot court competition, 2018

… It's going to be destination Hong Kong for the law students of Parahyangan Catholic … who won the national round of the 2018 International Humanitarian Law Moot Court Competition held …

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ICRC, ROK foreign ministry hold IHL seminar for Korean officials

… The International Committee of the Red Cross … affairs conducted the first-ever workshop on international humanitarian law (IHL) for government officials and …

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Fourth Special Session of the Conference of the States Parties to Review the Operation of the Chemical Weapons Convention

… by this Convention and by customary international humanitarian law, which is binding on all parties to all …

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Humanizing borders

… management should also take into account humanitarian considerations including on … representatives of affected communities, international organizations and academia. What … Durham Moderator Director of International Law and Policy, ICRC Abdul Karim Albrem …

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The Principle of Proportionality under IHL – Launch of the ICRC International Expert Meeting Report

… Governing the Conduct of Hostilities under International Humanitarian Law'. Background In today's armed conflicts, …

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The road to reunion: For these families this is all they have

… contact with family members is a fundamental humanitarian need and a right granted to detainees by International Humanitarian Law. For fifty years, the International

Seventeenth meeting of the States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention

… previously contaminated by landmines from a humanitarian perspective, and the knock-on … seems to be failing us. The norms of international humanitarian law and international human rights law are …

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