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Women Facing War

… they employ. A thorough analysis of international humanitarian law, and to a lesser extent human rights and …

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Our finances

… of victims of war and to promote respect for international humanitarian law.   All our annual reports Annual Report …

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The ICRC financially assists Congolese people deported from Angola.

War in cities - what is at stake?

… the ICRC and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. The … in international relations, international humanitarian law and diplomacy. Listen to Peter Maurer speak …

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Afghanistan: Escalating violence brings increased suffering to war-weary Afghans

… population," said Jean-Nicolas Marti, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … deteriorate even further as the funding of humanitarian aid dwindles in the country." The … Mr Marti. "Under international humanitarian law, indiscriminate attacks directed against …

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"The death and disappearance of tens of thousands of people can no longer be ignored"

… ICRC's Global Adviser on Migration to the International Migration Review Forum. Thank … address this tragedy, provide for migrants' humanitarian needs and uphold their rights, the … ensuring they are in line with international law, including the principle of …

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Eliminating nuclear weapons

… to 22 May 2015, Statement of the ICRC The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … and to promote and strengthen international humanitarian law. It is the horrific suffering that the ICRC …

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Autonomous weaponry and armed conflict

… 2014, the American Society of Internaitonal Law and the International Law Association organized a joint … systems through the lenses of international humanitarian law, international human rights …

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Mauritius ratifies Arms Trade Treaty and Convention on Cluster Munitions

… Mauritius has displayed its support for international humanitarian law (IHL) by ratifying this IHL instrument. …

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Rakhine: Tens of thousands helped despite challenges

… in the state. Following the violence, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent … Red Crescent Societies, has been providing humanitarian assistance in Maungdaw and Sittwe … protection under international humanitarian law. The Movement will continue reaching out to …

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The missing in Lebanon: We’re halfway there

… 2018, the Lebanese Parliament passed Law 105, the Law on the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared, a … National Commission with a humanitarian mandate to clarify the fate and …

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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.

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Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.