… Working together to strengthen humanitarian response An idea born in … for the most vulnerable people. Thus, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent … form the basis of international humanitarian law, or the law of war, which seeks to limit …
… jointly organized the Bruges Colloquium on International Humanitarian Law every year since 2000 as part of their …
… materials on contemporary practice in international humanitarian law. A selection of nearly three hundred case …
… transfer decisions subject to respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law. …
… to flow despite repeated violations of international humanitarian law. Public services have been bombed, the …
… poorly regulated and widely available, the humanitarian consequences are grim: violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law, restricted medical …
… settlements are a key factor in most of the humanitarian challenges the ICRC deals with on … of Israel to bring the principles of international humanitarian law back to the table in addressing the legal …
… by the Republic of South Africa and the International Committee of the Red Cross on … 17th Annual regional seminar on international humanitarian law State representatives from 17 African …
… but also to promote and broadcast the international humanitarian law. We organize different activities, …
… between the two organizations in addressing humanitarian concerns arising from armed … actors to facilitate the integration of international humanitarian law and other relevant norms in the policies …
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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.
