… of the ICRC, Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons, … nearly 70 years later, of any adequate international capacity to assist victims of … are contained in international humanitarian law. In the view of the ICRC, the information …
… staff of the PRCs in Lesvos and Korinthos on humanitarian issues related to immigration … Forces, the ICRC organized 2 workshops on International Humanitarian Law for 82 legal advisers and 131 officers of …
… impact of Cyclone Mocha, intensifying the humanitarian needs across the country. The … responders. Nevertheless, teams at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … more about international humanitarian law through 338 awareness sessions. For more …
… armed conflict is therefore a cornerstone of international humanitarian law (IHL). IHL also provides additional …
… by torrential rains have created a deepening humanitarian crisis in which communities now … conflict to respect their obligations under international humanitarian law to prevent human suffering and ensure the …
… in Kenya meant that we had to reorganize our humanitarian response to incorporate this new … from Addis Ababa University, College of Law and Governance Studies, Ethiopia emerged … are these initiatives during 2020. International Committee of the Red Cross …
… asked questions about our work and international humanitarian law (IHL), particularly following the …
… 10-02-2017 Geneva / Sana'a – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … by their obligations under international humanitarian law. They must take every feasible precaution …
… report on attitudes to war, conducted by the International Committee of the Red Cross … others needed to better understand why humanitarian laws and values matter. "While 57% … the importance of international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Conventions," Mr …
… areas. It highlights those aspects of the Law of Armed Conflict which are particularly …
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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.
