… make wooden playthings and toys.” MISSION The International Committee of the Red Cross … independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives … by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles. …
… 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 …
… Mr Peter Maurer, President of the ICR, UNAM Law Faculty (Facultad de Derecho de la … given by Mr Peter Maurer President of the International Committee of the Red Cross CHALLENGES TO INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW AND HUMANITARIAN ACTION UNAM …
… 09-04-2015 Damascus/Geneva - The International Committee of the Red Cross … (ICRC) is calling for immediate access for humanitarian assistance to Yarmouk Refugee … obligations under international humanitarian law to spare the lives of civilians in the …
… 14 countries to discuss the implementation of international humanitarian law. To quote one of the participants: "This …
… Partnering for Humanity | Humanitarians and philanthropists working … to find out how you can partner with the International Committee of the Red Cross. … are instruments of international humanitarian law that all nations are obliged to abide by. …
… 04-04-2015 Sana'a / Geneva – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is alarmed by the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen and calls for … supplies. Under international humanitarian law, humanitarian assistance must be allowed …
… Robert Mardini, who heads operations for the International Committee of the Red Cross … and Middle East. "Meanwhile in Syria, as the humanitarian situation deteriorates, Ibrahim … are obliged under international humanitarian law to respect medical neutrality and to grant …
… for states on implementing rules of international law that protect the provision of health care … is one of the most crucial yet overlooked humanitarian issues today. On 30 March alone, …
… persons camp. Image: ICRC / FONTANA, Jérome International military engagement in Syria and … 2014, members of the UK's international humanitarian law community drawn from academia and the …
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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.
