… Preserving the civilian and humanitarian character of sites and … Aubin Deputy Director UNHCR’s Division of International Protection Pierre Gentile Head … largely from international humanitarian law (IHL), and to some extent international …
… providing legal advice on issues relating to international humanitarian law and supporting the negotiation process …
… on March 19 in Seoul. Organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross … awareness among the Korean public of the humanitarian consequences of conflict and at … conflict and armed violence and promote the laws that protect victims of war. The ICRC's …
… and also develops and maintains constructive humanitarian dialogue with different … reinforce the integration and observance of international humanitarian law (IHL) and international standards on the …
… internally displaced people are protected by international human rights law and domestic law and, in situations of armed conflict, by international humanitarian law (IHL). Additionally, the UN …
… The ICRC's 22nd course in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) for humanitarian professionals and …
… conflict characterized by regular breaches of international humanitarian law: the way sieges are conducted, …
… 2017 Protecting vulnerable people The International Committee of the Red Cross … Bougainville Crisis As per the international humanitarian law, families have the right to know what …
… 20 police officers got familiar with international rules and standards of policing … in accordance with its mandate and main humanitarian priorities: addressing … and promotion of International Humanitarian Law and and other humanitarian norms. Mission …
… Damascus/Geneva (ICRC): In the event that humanitarian evacuations from Eastern Ghouta, … be treated humanely and in accordance with international law, regardless of their status and religious, …
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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.
