Statute of the International Criminal Court
… the idea of establishing a permanent international criminal court at various times … to punish serious violations of international humanitarian law committed, respectively, in the former …
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Obligations in terms of penal repression - Factsheet
… International humanitarian law (IHL) is the set of rules designed to … in this factsheet. . ADVISORY SERVICE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW …
1972 Convention on the Prohibition of Biological Weapons
… Destruction is one of the instruments of international law aimed at reducing the suffering caused by … independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives …
My time as an intern at ICRC Pakistan
… Sitting through my first course of International Law during my bachelors, I remember thinking … that is committed to the mission of upholding humanitarian values. Therefore, when I saw the …
International Day of the Disappeared: the ICRC calls for respect of the International Humanitarian Law
… 30-08-2018 Tel Aviv/ Gaza - On the International Day of Disappeared, the … duty and legal obligation under International Humanitarian Law to clarify the fate of the missing people. …
Singapore: With a ‘smile’, Sandy Tan wins Youth Humanitarian Challenge
… young people to think and write about humanitarian concerns, the International Committee of the Red Cross … she should support international humanitarian law (IHL) and various humanitarian causes." CC …
Nepal: Families have the right to know the fate of their missing loved ones
… NEFAD focus on Right to Know for this year's International Day of the Disappeared Kathmandu … ICRC is a neutral, impartial and independent humanitarian organisation whose exclusively … by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles. …
Malaysia: 15th national IHL moot court competition
… partnered with local university to organise International Humanitarian Law moot court competition where students must …
The missing sons of Guidimakha
… these families find answers is central to the humanitarian mandate of the ICRC and National … care of the family.” For over a century the International Red Cross and Red Crescent … missing Recognize that migration policies and laws can have an impact on the risk of …
The Unfulfilling Void
… and friends. Relieve their pain is on of the International Committee of the Red Cross' … their families may provide responses to the humanitarian suffering and to the common needs … Forensic Medicine Facilities (IMLs) and lawyers. M. Cruppe/ICRC The Capistrano family …
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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.
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Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.