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… FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives … by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles. …
… REUTER (1911-1990). © The Hague Academy of International Law. Courtesy of the Secretary General. International humanitarian law (IHL) is undoubtedly shaped by …
… Protocols, its Statutes – and those of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent … independent, neutral organization ensuring humanitarian protection and assistance for … respect for international humanitarian law and its implementation in national law. …
… Speaking at the Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security, … in 2014 and the COVID-19 pandemic. While the humanitarian impact and geographic scope of the … respect for international humanitarian law and to protect humanitarian space by …
… On May 25, 2024, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … Four 1949 Geneva Conventions: International Humanitarian Law and Peace " in Changchun, Jilin Province, …
… socio-economic effects has not only worsened humanitarian situation in many contexts but has … problems and the consequences suffered when international law, including international humanitarian law …
… Congo between July and September 2014. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives … of violations of international humanitarian law collected by its teams on the ground have …
… Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross. … Conference. This comes at a time when global humanitarian needs are soaring due to multiple … with the international humanitarian law rules protecting water resources, related …
… sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in humanitarian settings, says a new report by the International Committee of the Red Cross and … prohibited under international humanitarian law (IHL), domestic law is less uniform. Hence …
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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.
