EHL list of documents
Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL) is a resource pack for teachers to introduce students aged 13 to 18 to the basic rules of international humanitarian law. It was designed by the International …
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Creation of a sub-regional platform on IHL for Indian Ocean island states
The National IHL Committees of Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles have agreed to create a sub-regional IHL platform to engage in dialogue and exchange ideas on generating greater respect …
From Islamabad to Salzburg: Zainab reunited with her dad
In an operation that mobilised the ICRC, the Pakistan Red Crescent Society and the Austrian Red Cross, a father got to meet his daughter for the very first time. Watch how three-year-old Zainab …
Myanmar: Beyond emergency relief
ICRC President Peter Maurer visited Myanmar last week where, in parts of the country, people are still suffering after decades of conflict and violence. In this interview, he shares his impressions. …
Colombia: Corporate partners see our impact in the field
Seven representatives of the ICRC's corporate support group (CSG) and the private sector accompanied President Peter Maurer on a field visit to Colombia in January of this year. The trip allowed …
China: Updated Commentary on the First Geneva Convention launched at the CUPL
Experts from the ICRC and CUPL took a group photo before the panel. They are (from left to right): Associate Prof. Li Qiang (CUPL), Prof. Xiao Fengcheng (CUPL), Dr. Jean-Marie Henckaerts (Legal …
Malaysia: Regional workshop on law of armed conflict at sea launched
A regional workshop on the law of armed conflict (LoAC) at sea, gathering 28 senior naval officers from Asia Pacific region, was inaugurated at the National Defence University of Malaysia (NDUM) on …
Somalia: Big influx at nutritional feeding centres for children
18-05-2017 Baidoa, Somalia (ICRC) – The nutritional feeding centre for malnourished children supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Baidoa, Somalia has more than twice as many …
China: a conference to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions
19-05-2017 Beijing (ICRC) – An international conference opens today in Beijing to mark the 40th Anniversary of the adoption of the 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions. This Conference …
Why is health care in danger in Papua New Guinea Highlands?
Tukupangi, Papua New Guinea The wrecked rooms of a health-care clinic, destroyed in the midst of a tribal conflict. The clinic has stood abandoned for more than a year, with health-care workers too …
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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.
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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.
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Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.