… 14-09-2014 Geneva/Baghdad/Erbil – The International Red Cross and Red Crescent … Movement has pledged to intensify its humanitarian activities in Iraq , and to … violations of international humanitarian law, and by the seizure and detention of …
… Security concerns must be balanced by humanitarian considerations in all situations. …
… eight universities tested their knowledge of international humanitarian law (IHL) in fictional armed conflict and other …
… After 35 years of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan, the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … respect for international humanitarian law has been constant. We're proud of this and …
… of 1949 marked one of the greatest humanitarian legal achievements of the 20th … adoption of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea along with a number of relevant … treaties adopted under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization- also …
… In 2020, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … are the core treaties of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), otherwise known as "the law of war" …
… the importance of coordination among various international agencies in mission areas. The … the regional seminar on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and peacekeeping that was jointly …
… Mozambique faces a triple humanitarian crisis: exposure to armed … In response to the crisis in Mozambique, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … workshops in international humanitarian law (IHL) with government armed forces involved …
… in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur province, humanitarian organizations working on the … water, food, sanitation and education. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … works to promote respect for humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles …
… the ICRC mapped 524 armed groups that are of humanitarian concern, with at least 175 million … harm in urban warfare, in accordance with international humanitarian law (IHL) and other relevant norms. This …
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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.
