… The International Committee of the Red Cross … opened an office in Cotabato City due to the humanitarian needs in this area. At present, … or workshops on international humanitarian law (IHL) and humanitarian principles in armed …
… Beijing (ICRC) – Around 100 law students representing 24 teams from 21 … will participate in the annual Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot Court competition in …
… Around 100 law students representing 24 teams from 21 … will participate in the annual Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot Court competition in …
… 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 …
… are now empty. On Tuesday morning, the International Committee of the Red Cross … and kindergartens. Under international humanitarian law, these installations should not be …
… 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, …
… 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 …
… 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). …
… 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 …
… 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 …
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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.
