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… of victims of war, and to promote respect for international humanitarian law. Facts and figures 35.8 million …
… it provides a framework of analysis for humanitarian actors to help them identify the …
… is the birthplace – 150 years ago – of the International Committee of the Red Cross and … Chad. Our basic mandate is in international humanitarian law and our approach is to seek positive …
… given by Mr Peter Maurer President of the International Committee of the Red Cross … we both work. In its effort to respond to humanitarian challenges across the world, the … the guardian of the Geneva Conventions, the laws which govern how wars can be fought and …
… the security of health facilities, but also international and national governmental and … of the relevant rules of international humanitarian law. The ultimate goal is to galvanize action …
… The African Union (AU) Commission and the International Committee of the Red Cross … to ensure respect for International Humanitarian Law (IHL), on 30 and 31 May 2018, at the AU …
… pleased to address you today and to bring a humanitarian perspective to this discussion … military, inter-community) and violations of international humanitarian law and international humanitarian rights law; …
… Beijing (ICRC) – President Peter Maurer of the International Committee of the Red Cross … authorities, on how to better respond to humanitarian challenges worldwide and … respect of international humanitarian law (IHL)," said Mr Maurer. "IHL compliance …
… Regional Arabic Course co-organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross … officials, Islamic scholars and professors of law. This is the only Arabic-language forum … that offers in-depth study of international humanitarian law (IHL) as well as examination …
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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.
