Senior Humanitarian Professionals and Policy Makers Course in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) 2025
… comparative use of force IHL and counter-terrorism operations Engagement with non-state …
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Professional Standards for Protection Work
… edition also seeks to clarify how counter-terrorism legislation may affect the …
Fifth Universal Meeting of National Committees and Similar Entities on International Humanitarian Law
… learned that some states have adopted counter-terrorism laws, which can sometimes interfere … IHL committees help ensure that counter-terrorism frameworks are consistent and … to have coherent and comprehensive counter-terrorism frameworks that meet national …
Humanitarian space – or spaces – must be protected, without exception
… negative impact of sanctions and counter-terrorism measures on humanitarian aid. These … mitigate, the humanitarian impact of counter-terrorism measures by putting in place …
International Humanitarian Law and the Challenges of Contemporary Armed Conflicts – Recommitting To Protection In Armed Conflict On The 70th Anniversary Of The Geneva Conventions
… conflicts - IHL and non-State armed groups - terrorism, counterterrorism measures, and IHL - climate, armed …
Why engage with non-state armed groups?
… the launching of the so-called “global war on terrorism” - a concept to which the ICRC did … that the fight against NSAGs involved in terrorism and/or deemed to constitute a threat … prohibiting “services” or “support to” terrorism or to sanctions lists. Aside from a …
Misinformation, disinformation and hate speech - Questions and answers
The ICRC takes the issue of misinformation, disinformation, and hate speech (MDH) during armed conflict seriously and is dedicated to finding effective ways to address this problem and its …
Remembering the Shoah: The ICRC and the international community's efforts in responding to genocide
Speech given by Peter Maurer, president of the ICRC, 28 April 2015, Geneva, Switzerland History does not end. History is remembered, recounted, studied and discussed, time and again, and by each …
Pakistan: New law to prevent violence against health-care workers, facilities and patients in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
… 28, P. 52 P. 42 Raj Muhammad v. Judge, Anti-Terrorism Court, PLD 2003 Lahore 588 P. 42 Dr. … found in both the PPC and the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997, create offences for acts … against public servants constitute an act of terrorism, as legislated in the AntiTerrorism …
I saw my city die: Voices from the front lines of urban conflict in Iraq, Syria and Yemen
Urban wars in Iraq, Syria and Yemen are amongst the deadliest conflicts of our time. People’s homes, their doorsteps, their streets, their schools and their hospitals are all part of the battlefield …
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