Sudan: Promoting respect for children’s rights during armed conflict
… child protection. Armed groups are bound by international humanitarian law (IHL), but they cannot sign and ratify …
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Jordan: Five years into the Syrian crisis and no solution in sight
… for 18 members of local health facilities and international organizations, aiming to … 84 JRCS members. Promotion of international humanitarian law In May, with a view to raising awareness …
Australia: 4th Commonwealth Red Cross and Red Crescent Conference on International Humanitarian Law
… Government, Australian Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross … and Red Crescent Conference on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) gathers government officials and Red …
South Sudan: Facts and figures June 2015 - Scaling up operations to meet growing needs
… people have been displaced, creating greater humanitarian needs during the crucial planting … according to their obligations under International Humanitarian Law. @ICRC/Jacob Zocherman www.icrc.org/ss …
Mandela Day: Improving the lives of detainees
… his birthday, also known as Nelson Mandela International Day. Mr Mandela was visited … first aid courses and dissemination of basic humanitarian principles, to try to limit the … went beyond the prescribed rules and laws. Things would have progressively worsened …
Jordan: Five years into the Syrian crisis: No solution in sight
… To address the needs of the refugees, the International Committee of the Red Cross … 84 JRCS members. Promotion of international humanitarian law In May, with a view to raising awareness …
Informal Meeting on Strengthening Compliance with International Humanitarian Law, Geneva, 13 July 2012
… Meeting on strengthening compliance with International Humanitarian Law Friday, 13 July 2012, Geneva, Switzerland …
Srebrenica 20 years on: Let us not forget
… in the hot summer days of July 1995. The International Committee of the Red Cross … and peacekeepers, the journalists and humanitarians have long since left Bosnia. … groups who, under international humanitarian law, have an obligation to provide information …
The Paul Reuter Prize on International Humanitarian Law 2015 - Call for Applications
… from François Bugnion for his book on 'The Law of Non-International Armed Conflict'. ( click here … an undertaking in the field of international humanitarian law (e.g. the publication of a …
Brunei: Humanitarian law and principles workshop inspires attendees
… of the Ministry of Education in Brunei. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent … and emblems, as well as international humanitarian law (also known as the rules of war) were some …
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