… the ICRC, a neutral and independent humanitarian organization whose mandate is to … visits detainees and promotes compliance with international humanitarian law. The ICRC has been working in the …
… and displaced thousands of people. "The humanitarian situation is extremely worrying," … must comply with the relevant national laws and international conventions. In accordance with …
… and Debate Cycle on Principles Guiding Humanitarian Action tackled the topic of the … Helen Durham, Director, Department of International Law and Policy, ICRC Panelists Marc DuBois, …
… between the two organizations in addressing humanitarian concerns arising from armed … various actors to facilite the integration of international humanitarian law and other relevant norms in the policies …
… and Debate Cycle on Principles Guiding Humanitarian Action tackled the topic of the … Helen Durham, Director, Department of International Law and Policy, ICRC Panelists Marc DuBois, …
… fighting is particularly heavy." Looming humanitarian needs The broadening of the … – in six provinces, in the towns of Saqlawiya, Al Madina Al Siyahiyyah, Rasheed, … for creating Iraq’s national committee for international humanitarian law, to promote …
… regional legislative drafting workshop on international humanitarian law Health care in detention: An interview …
… 20-02-2015 Tehran (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the National Committee of Humanitarian Law of Iran (NCHL) have together hosted a …
… February, the ICRC and the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights organized a joint event …
… to deliver these messages, even across international borders. As the crisis in South … to their obligations under International Humanitarian Law. The organization is constantly adapting …
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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.
