Up for the challenge! The 15th Red Cross IHL Moot to open in HK
… Around 100 law students representing 24 teams from 21 … will participate in the annual Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot Court competition in …
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Iraq: ICRC strongly condemns use of chemical weapons around Mosul
… 03-03-2017 Baghdad (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross … is absolutely prohibited under international humanitarian law. We are deeply alarmed by what our …
Ukraine crisis: Water supply to Avdiivka and surrounding areas
… are now empty. On Tuesday morning, the International Committee of the Red Cross … and kindergartens. Under international humanitarian law, these installations should not be …
Jean-Pictet Competition: Taking the law out of the books
… uniform, the magistrate's dress or the humanitarian vest... During the week, 144 … edition of the Jean-Pictet Competition in International humanitarian law, organized in 2016 in Évian-les-Bains, …
Papua New Guinea: ICRC praises PNG on IHL move
… 01-03-2017 Port Moresby (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross … for establishing a National International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Committee, which held its inaugural …
When law is respected, peace is easier to achieve - UN Human Rights Council 2017
… to talk to you about the positive power of law – how it can work best to protect people … Millions of people still suffer the terrible humanitarian consequences and personal … of their human rights and violations of international humanitarian law (IHL). …
Conference on Disarmament, 110th anniversary of the Second Hague Conference - Statement by the ICRC
… to reduce suffering in war. On behalf of the International Committee of the Red Cross, I … and their annexed Regulations on the Laws and Customs of War on Land laid the … of many contemporary rules of international humanitarian law, or IHL. These include the …
The ICRC in Bangladesh, facts and figures 2016
… work in Bangladesh in 2016 In 2016, the International Committee of the Red Cross … society to promote awareness on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and humanitarian values, and their …
Guinea: Tens of thousands of people granted better access to water in 2016
… among the police and armed forces on international humanitarian and human rights law. Many of our activities were carried out …
Nigeria: Hundreds of thousands received food and assistance in 2016
… people hosting them. The situation, in humanitarian terms, has been made worse by … in the Niger Delta states. In 2016, the International Committee of the Red Cross … by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles. …
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