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… 17-03-2017 Geneva/Sana'a (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross … not clear. But according to international humanitarian law, civilians must not be attacked and …
… of China University of Political Science and Law gives guidance to his mooters. CC BY-NC-ND … ZOU / ICRC Mooters from Iran School of International Relations listen attentively to … ZOU / ICRC The 15th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot has recently …
… support Public Communication Division International Committee of the Red Cross … as well as respect for International Humanitarian Law. A key responsibility of the Division is …
… codified basic principles and rules of international humanitarian law (IHL). They also developed new rules to …
… 2016 ICRC Cairo Delegation,February 2017 The International Committee of the Red Cross … fostering greater respect for international humanitarian law and more effective humanitarian work in …
… proclaimed the winner of the 15th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot in Hong Kong, followed by the …
… Each year, the ICRC organises an International Humanitarian Law (IHL) role play competition, designed to …
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… In the week marking International Women's Day , ICRC director of law and policy, Dr Helen Durham was invited by … of experience specialising in International Humanitarian Law (IHL), Durham addressed an …
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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.
