… By Cordula Droege, Chief Legal Officer, International Committee of the Red Cross … obliterate a hospital. Military forces block humanitarian convoys at checkpoints, leaving … but legal outcomes of war – “awful but lawful,” as the saying goes in my line of …
… 02-09-2024 Manila (ICRC) – To mark the International Day of the Disappeared, over 200 … government’s obligations under international law. Over 200 families who lost their loved … independent organization with an exclusively humanitarian mandate that stems from the …
… 30-08-2024 Baghdad, ICRC: On the International Day of the Disappeared the … (ICRC) reaffirms the value of international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law …
… – Friday, 30 August 2024, will mark the International Day of the Disappeared. Every … their commitments, uphold international humanitarian law, and to increase their efforts in solving …
… and the Occupied Territories (ICRC) – On the International Day of the Disappeared, our … between despair and hope. Under international humanitarian law, families have the right to know the fate …
… 30-08-2024 International Day of the Disappeared, 30 … other situations of violence, disasters, humanitarian emergencies and migration. By … the bedrock of international humanitarian law (IHL), it is important to note that IHL …
… The International Committee of the Red Cross in … often-divided world, when parties respect the law, lives are saved, humanitarian actors are enabled to provide aid …
… Africa are registered as missing with the International Committee of the Red Cross … one of the most damaging and long-lasting humanitarian consequences of armed conflicts … relatives.” Under international humanitarian law, state authorities have the primary …
… In the first half of 2024, the International Committee of the Red Cross … The ICRC remains committed to supporting the humanitarian needs of the people affected by … on ICRC activities and the use of force in law enforcement COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND …
… uncertain, but one thing is clear: the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon is deepening. … security. We also work to promote respect for International Humanitarian Law (IHL) as well as providing emergency …
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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.
