… Red Cross Gail McGovern and members of her International Services team. During his visit, … of the civilian suffering and growing humanitarian needs in Syria and Afghanistan … global respect for international humanitarian law and to reduce the vast human suffering …
… Cycle on "Generating respect for the law" , the panel accompanied the first meeting … and approaches. Background In 2004, the International Committee of the Red Cross … at strengthening respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) among soldiers and …
… Cycle on "Generating respect for the law" , the panel accompanied the first meeting … and approaches. Background In 2004, the International Committee of the Red Cross … at strengthening respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) among soldiers and …
… All the ICRC's international humanitarian law databases are now searchable via a single …
… year, the Martens Moot Court Competition on International Humanitarian Law brings together the best law students, if …
… in August 2008. Our approach is of a purely humanitarian nature and includes efforts to … of a relative is a fundamental tenet of both international humanitarian law and human rights law and must be …
… A conference on "Refreshing Humanitarian Action" took place in Jakarta, … is no longer dominated by Western donors and international aid agencies. Dealing with … tsunami struck, Aceh had been under martial law and civil emergency for 18 months and was …
… 470 police officers benefited from IHRL and humanitarian principles training 253 … conflict in neighbouring countries, promoting international humanitarian law, providing basic aid and visiting …
… to inform and influence policy debates on key humanitarian issues. Key recent publications … Summit (WHS): Perspectives and pledges of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent … more than ever (Helen Durham, Head of Law and Policy) Future Humanitarian Action: A …
… panel at the Humanitarium to discuss whether international humanitarian law (IHL) is under threat today; and if so – …
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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.
