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From Hackers to Tech Companies: IHL and the involvement of civilians in ICT activities in armed conflict

… (left to right): Marco Roscini (Professor of International Law, the University of Westminster London and … you to today’s event on ‘International Humanitarian Law and the Involvement of …

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The Geneva Conventions and their Commentaries

… and their Additional Protocols are international treaties that contain the most … These rules are set out in international humanitarian law. Yes, even wars have limits. The rules of …

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Taking steps to better ensure the protection of civilians in Syria

… question, and it's at the centre of all the humanitarian questions facing Syria today. I … greater and more systematic respect for International Humanitarian Law (or IHL). Not only by parties to the …

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Return to freedom: 44 years of neutral intermediation in Colombia

… committed and ready to continue facilitating humanitarian operations in 2024. In this … actors to respect the work of impartial humanitarian organizations that offer … in different parts of the country. Read 'Humanitarian Report 2024'  The human cost of …

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A century of weapons of mass destruction: Enough!

… also here to look back on the journey the international community has since embarked on. … eliminate, weapons of mass destruction; in law, and in practice. Looking back at the history of international humanitarian law, it seems that the greatest …

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Hundreds of thousands received assistance in 2016 in Kenya, Tanzania, and Djibouti

… the form of cash transfers Provided IHL and humanitarian principles training to 2,500 … 2016 ICRC REGIONAL DELEGATION IN NAIROBI The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … Promoting International Humanitarian Law The ICRC continued to promote the respect …

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Conventional weapons

International humanitarian law bans or restricts certain types of … military purpose. Conventional weapons and international humanitarian law International

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Our work in Armenia in 2017

… living in exposed communities along the international border, missing people and their … also spread knowledge of the international humanitarian law among national authorities, academics and …

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New warfare technologies, new protection challenges

… This humanitarian action webcast, co-produced by the … Mr. Claude Bruderlein, Strategic Advisor, International Committee of the Red Cross Ms. … International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School Professor Brian Rappert, Sociology, …

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Sudan: 2023 Facts and Figures

… (SRCS), includes promoting respect for International Humanitarian Law (IHL), supporting hospitals and health …

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ICRC library

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.