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… To address the needs of the refugees, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … 84 JRCS members. Promotion of international humanitarian law In May, with a view to raising awareness of …
… an interpretative guidance clarifying what international humanitarian law says concerning civilians directly …
… high levels of violence were to return, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … signs of improvement in the country. Humanitarian access has increased, food … and comply with international humanitarian law more broadly. The ICRC will continue its …
… the Protection of Civilians from the Humanitarian Consequences Arising from the Use … the protection of civilians and respect for international humanitarian law where it matters the most. The use of heavy …
… sides involved in war to secure access for humanitarian assistance and to ensure respect … at what works: is it the training, is it the law, what makes an impact on restraint?" The …
… Unit at the Legal Division of the International Committee of the Red Cross … humanity as a whole: all these are serious humanitarian concerns that this Committee has … of respect for international humanitarian law (IHL), compliance clearly falls short of …
… for the Near and Middle East for the International Committee of the Red Cross, on … the headlines as often as in the past, the humanitarian consequences of years of conflict … best interest and is what international law requires unless otherwise justified by a …
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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.
