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… On 30 August 2017, on the International Day of the Disappeared, the ICRC … Cycle on Generating respect for the law , which aims at addressing the importance of international humanitarian law (IHL) and prevention efforts. …
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… ICRC organized the “1st Certificate Course on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and Islamic Law” with a number of …
… 17-09-2017 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross … Mardini added. Under international humanitarian law – and as a matter of basic humanity – …
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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.
