… 2019, the Singapore Red Cross (SRC), the International Committee of the Red Cross … (ICRC), the Swiss Embassy in Singapore, Law Society of Singapore and the National … that the fundamental rules of international humanitarian law are not mere suggestions or …
… portrait of widespread violations of international humanitarian law (IHL). Against this backdrop of suffering, …
… to the Brazilian Public Safety Yearbook. The humanitarian consequences for the population … as an armed conflict according to the International Humanitarian Law (IHL) standards despite the serious impact …
… of Gilles Carbonnier, Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … and survivors to discuss this pressing humanitarian issue. Urban warfare rarely makes … relevant as ever. International humanitarian law (IHL) imposes limits on the use of heavy …
… and other situations of armed violence. Humanitarian work has come to include these … Management of the Dead Under Islamic Law Article: Hinduism and Management of the Dead Forensic Science International: Synergy paper: ICRC General …
… States and the international community should empower women … Times of Conflict," which was hosted by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … brought together representatives from the humanitarian sector, military, government, …
… countries as a whole, resulting in serious humanitarian, social and economic concerns. … State and non-state actors alike – abide by international humanitarian law (IHL), notably the rules protecting …
… civilian property as they should do under International Humanitarian Law . From Syria to Yemen, Gaza to Iraq, Sudan …
… parties to the conflict to strictly abide by international humanitarian law (IHL)," said Dominic Earnshaw, head of the …
… enters its eighth year of conflict, the humanitarian situation of the population is … and insecurity, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … migration. However, under international law migrants must not be trapped or returned to …
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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.
