… of health care transport Addressing the humanitarian challenges With its devastating … DANGER JANUARY 2012 TO DECEMBER 2014 REPORT International Committee of the Red Cross 19, … field teams received the information from law enforcement officers, Authorities members …
… in Luxembourg today, to take the necessary humanitarian actions. They must make sure that … All parties concerned (States, civil society, humanitarian organizations, NGOs, etc.) have … to try to persuade them to respect the laws of war. We are also working with Red …
… according to their obligations under International Humanitarian Law. @ICRC/Albert Madrazo www.icrc.org/ss The …
… by Ms Christine Beerli, Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross at … referred to as terrorism, and international humanitarian law (IHL), and the consequences for …
… including in South Sudan, Libya and CAR. International Humanitarian Law requires that warring parties protect the …
… 15-04-2015 Geneva/Sanaa (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross … "We repeat our call for an immediate 24-hour humanitarian pause in hostilities. We ask all … protected by international humanitarian law. For further information, please contact: …
… population. A training course on integrating international humanitarian law (IHL) into the decision-making process was …
… Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), 13 - 17 April 2015, Geneva. Statement … of the ICRC Thank you Mr Chairman. The International Committee of the Red Cross (the … The CCW, which is grounded in international humanitarian law (IHL), provides an important …
… programmes, and raise awareness of humanitarian issues. When Harrina's husband … the Lao PDR ACTIVITIES IN 2014 The International Committee of the Red Cross … capacities in international humanitarian law (IHL) promotion, family-links services and …
… were brought into Yemen by plane today by the International Committee of the Red Cross … and the ICRC has reiterated its demand that humanitarian workers be allowed to operate … safely. Under international humanitarian law, also known as the law of war, all those …
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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.
