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Introductory Seminar on International Humanitarian Law in Brussels

… The International Committee of the Red Cross, the Belgian Red Cross and the Network on Humanitarian Action (NOHA) based at the … Seminar on International Humanitarian Law at University foundation in Brussels. …

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National Committees and Similar Entities on International Humanitarian Law: Guidelines for Success – Towards Respecting and Implementing International Humanitarian Law

International humanitarian law (IHL) affords protection to people and … step in ensuring the effectiveness of the law's protection is by States adopting or …

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Egypt: ICRC, Ain Shams University sign MoU on International Humanitarian Law

… 12-05-2022 Cairo (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross … education and legal research on International Humanitarian Law (IHL). The MoU will see the two entities …

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Jordan: The Essay Competition on International Humanitarian Law

… The International Committee of the Red Cross in … is happy to organize its second International Humanitarian Law (“ IHL ”) essay writing competition to …

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ROK: International Humanitarian Law Summer Session concludes in Pohang

… group photo of lecturers and participants of “International Humanitarian Law Summer Session”, jointly held by Handong …

National Committees and Similar Entities on International Humanitarian Law: Guidelines for Success – Towards Respecting and Implementing International Humanitarian Law

International humanitarian law (IHL) affords protection to people and … step in ensuring the effectiveness of the law's protection is by States adopting or …

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Advanced Training Course in International Humanitarian Law

… The biannual advanced training course in international humanitarian law for university professors took place at …

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Increasing Respect for International Humanitarian Law in Non-International Armed Conflicts

… prevalent type of armed conflict today is non-international in nature. It involves … provide States and armed groups, as well as humanitarian and other actors working with … with suggestions for ways in which the law could be better implemented. The …

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National Committees and Similar Entities on International Humanitarian Law: Guidelines for Success – Towards Respecting and Implementing International Humanitarian Law

International humanitarian law (IHL) affords protection to people and … step in ensuring the effectiveness of the law's protection is by States adopting or …

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Advanced International Humanitarian Law Summer Session for Lecturers

… to the Geneva Convention, the 7th Advanced International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Summer Session for Lecturers opens …

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ICRC library

Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.

IHL treaties

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 IHL

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