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International Humanitarian Law and China: Historical Timeline

… 1899 Hague Convention II with Respect to the Laws and Customs of War on Land and its annex. … 2007 China set up the National Committee on International Humanitarian Law (NCIHL) to promote the …

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IHL and china: historical timeline

Customary International Humanitarian Law - Volume 1 : Rules

… This publication is the result of a major international study into current state practice in international humanitarian law in order to identify customary law in this …

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International Humanitarian Law: Answers to your Questions

… This booklet is an ideal introduction to international humanitarian law. It has been fully revised, and is …

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International Humanitarian Law Prize for African Academics 2020

… best published work on IHL in the continent. INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW PRIZE 2020 The International Committee of …

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Belgium: International Humanitarian Law workshop for journalists

… The Brussels Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross … organized a workshop on International Humanitarian Law (IH) for Belgian journalists. In today's …

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The Basics of International Humanitarian Law

… What is international humanitarian law (IHL)? Why is it important? How and who …

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Implementing International Humanitarian Law: From law to action

… sheet explaining what it means to implement international humanitarian law at the national level, whose …

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Cyber Warfare: does International Humanitarian Law apply?

… asking an ICRC expert on cyber warfare and international humanitarian law, Tilman Rodenhäuser, to unpack for us what …

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Implementing International Humanitarian Law: Report 2018/2019

… report, prepared by the Advisory Service on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) of the International Committee of …

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Namibia: Generating respect for International Humanitarian Law

… 2017 to explore how to strengthen respect for international humanitarian law (IHL). The two-day meeting will provide a …

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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.