… National Committees, the launch gathered an international panel of experts at the CICG in … ways in which national authorities and key humanitarian actors can encourage and … the respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) in urban armed conflicts. …
… in Mindanao. To support their needs, the International Committee of the Red Cross … awareness of and respect for international humanitarian law, the ICRC continues to remind all parties …
… - Charlotte Lindsey, gave a speech to an international gathering of survivors, … and implicitly, under international humanitarian law applicable in armed conflict and, at all …
… killed or injured, too often in violation of international humanitarian law (IHL), and with impunity. Meanwhile, the …
… and its police academy received trainings on international humanitarian law and international rules and standards of …
… On the occasion of International Human Rights Day – we, the … fulfil their obligations under international humanitarian law. Parties to conflict must respect the …
… Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of … IHL The need to generate greater respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) has rightly been an important …
… to meet Iranian officials and take part in an international conference on "Islam and international humanitarian law (IHL)". In his meeting with President of …
… by Mr Peter Maurer, president of the ICRC, at International Conference on Islam and IHL in … the 10th anniversary of the dialogue between humanitarian and Muslim scholars on common … in Islam and International Humanitarian Law. This comes at a very important time, with …
… The International Committee of the Red Cross … The identification project is an exclusively humanitarian endeavour to try and give the … provisions of international humanitarian law. The Argentine authorities handled the …
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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.
