… the border from north-eastern Nigeria. The International Committee of the Red Cross … life and locals are increasingly dependent on humanitarian aid. Bosso, Diffa, Niger, 19 May … compliance with international humanitarian law in the conduct of hostilities." For …
… 22-05-2015 Geneva/Baghdad (ICRC): The International Committee of the Red Cross … Youssef. "All parties must provide our humanitarian convoys with safe and rapid … obligations, under international humanitarian law, to protect the lives of civilians, as …
… visit to Nigeria, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross … on the international community and other humanitarian organizations to do more to … since March 2015 with her sister, brotherin-law, and father, who were also displaced by …
… Yemen conflict in recent weeks created a new humanitarian calamity of major proportions, the international humanitarian sector was … The rules of international humanitarian law – requiring military forces and armed …
… 19-05-2015 Kuwait (ICRC) – The third International Forum for Humanitarian Action is meeting today in Doha … lives at risk," said Yahia Alibi, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross's …
… all armed actors of the absolute demand under international humanitarian law for civilians not to be targeted during …
… surrounding the 150th anniversary of the International Committee of the Red Cross … which celebrates the ICRC's 150 years of humanitarian work and Switzerland's ties with … to ensure full compliance with humanitarian law, the ICRC brings people together around …
… federal police widened their knowledge of international human rights standards and humanitarian principles for policing. A … Dynes. Deputy sergeant Gebeyehu Asmare of the law enforcement and security division of the …
… the Nigerian Red Cross Society; promoting international humanitarian law and international standards in law …
… II – Pantheon-Assas and the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. The 2015 competition was …
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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.
