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Report - Fifth Meeting of Representatives of National IHL Committees of Commonwealth Countries

… on IHL, the British Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … of Representatives of National International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Committees of Commonwealth Countries …

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New Report - Domestic Normative Frameworks for the Protection of Health Care

… for states on implementing rules of international law that protect the provision of health care … is one of the most crucial yet overlooked humanitarian issues today. On 30 March alone, …

Report

Israel and the occupied territories: Targeting civilians leads to further spirals of violence and hatred

… immediate restraint, we are heading for a humanitarian disaster.   Civilians always pay … parties to respect their obligations under international humanitarian law and to take every possible step to prevent …

News release

Protected persons: Missing persons

… with ICRC rise 75 per cent in five years International Day of the Disappeared Every … Mexico: ICRC Calls for Adoption of Law on the Missing Missing people under international humanitarian law Both civilians and combatants …

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Child holds picture of missing family member.

1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

… applies two general cus­tomary rules of international humanitarian law to specific weapons. These customary rules …

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The Kampala Convention: Key Recommendations Ten Years On

… Principles on Internal Displacement ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross IDMC … (in eastern Africa) IHL International humanitarian law IOM International Organization for …

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Methods and means of warfare

International law regulates the methods and means of warfare. … New technologies and the modern battlefield: Humanitarian perspectives Methods and means of warfare and international humanitarian law The main …

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International humanitarian law dissemination session with soldiers of the Colombian armed forces.

DR Congo: Our action in 2021

… The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … the Congo promotes respect for international humanitarian law and helps people affected by conflict and …

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Universal jurisdiction over war crimes – Factsheet

… crimes are so grave that they affect the international community as a whole, the … Jurisdiction includes the power to make law (legislative jurisdiction), to interpret or … Other instruments relevant to international humanitarian law, such as the Hague Convention …

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Highlights of the ICRC’s activities in Venezuela and the Caribbean in 2024

… Strengthening partnerships for sustainable humanitarian action In 2024, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … there to promote international humanitarian law (IHL) and increase the presence of the …

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En Magdaleno, estado Aragua, uno de los participantes del proyecto de emprendimiento está caminando por la calle conversando con un trabajador del CICR.

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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.

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.