… ways to mitigate the risk of negative humanitarian consequences and enhance the … including through better respect for international humanitarian law. With this document, the ICRC seeks to …
… and expose them to greater harm. International humanitarian law (IHL), the Convention on the Rights of …
… 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 …
… in Syria, included the improvement of the humanitarian situation as one of its main … achieve that goal, on 15 November 2017, the International Committee of the Red Cross … The ICRC was represented by specialists in law, policy and protection, including a …
… 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 …
… areas is welcome. As a neutral and impartial humanitarian intermediary, we stand ready to … civilians and civilian infrastructure under international humanitarian law both for those who choose to leave and …
… On the occasion of International Human Rights Day – we, the … fulfil their obligations under international humanitarian law. Parties to conflict must respect the …
… This is also one of the principles of international humanitarian law (IHL), which guided the ICRC to develop …
… to bear the brunt of the violence. The humanitarian situation has worsened in the … to remind them of their obligations under international humanitarian law, particularly to protect civilians and …
… violence. Violence also considerably limited humanitarian access . In short, impoverished … volumes of greenhouse gases into the air. 6. International humanitarian law (IHL) provides protection to the natural …
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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.
