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 …
Unión Alto Sanibeni is a small community of Asháninka people located in the jungle of central Peru. During the country's internal conflict in the 1980s and 1990s, violent clashes frequently broke out …
… to ensure sanctions regimes and counter-terrorism measures comply with IHL, notably … the scope of sanctions regimes and counter-terrorism measures), must be put in place to …
… competition, a public lecture themed "IHL and Terrorism" shall be delivered to law students, …
… action challenged by national counter-terrorism measures; • The dilemma of the … with armed actors; • War reporting; • Terrorism and non-international armed …
… and the potential implications of the counter-terrorism legislation on the activities of …
… is not applicable in a context of fighting terrorism." "The law imposes unfair symmetric … conflict today – including in certain counter-terrorism operations – is often just moving …
… comparative use of force IHL and counter-terrorism operations Engagement with non-state …
Stories of when international humanitarian law (IHL) works rarely make the news. We don't see the stories of the pilots who decided not to drop a bomb after assessing that too many people would be …
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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.
