… Medical College Hospital (DMCH). The young law student had suffered severe burns to her … dressing kits To help address some of the humanitarian consequences of the politically … the institutions and providing immediate humanitarian response to the people affected …
… Chad, Niger and Cameroon, where the humanitarian situation is also deteriorating. … Across the Lake Chad region, the International Committee of the Red Cross … police officers in international humanitarian law in relation to arrest, detention, and the …
… 2015. This month's theme: Promoting the laws that protect civilians in conflict FACTS … In line with its strictly neutral nature and humanitarian mission, one of the ICRC’s … population caught up in armed conflict. International humanitarian law (IHL) governs …
… Cherine Pollini, head of delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross …
… World Humanitarian Summit Middle East and North … given by Mr Peter Maurer President of the International Committee of the Red Cross … mission. We see international humanitarian law (IHL) being violated at large scale, and …
… conflict of their obligation to comply with international humanitarian law, including the absolute prohibition on the …
… "Information Notes", entitled "Replies of the International Committee of the Red Cross to … the time, they were scarcely mentioned in the International Review of the Red Cross. The … of the latter Gf their submission to military law Civilian DefenGe Personnel Status and …
… 04-03-2015 The International Red Cross and Red Crescent … and red crescent emblems, which international law recognizes as visible signs of humanity … neutrality in wartime and peacetime alike. As humanitarian workers displaying these emblems, …
… given by Mr Peter Maurer President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Mr. … effects of war on people. We see human rights law and international humanitarian law blatantly violated. We see a …
… Mr. President, on your recent election. The International Committee of the Red Cross … effects of war on people. We see human rights law and international humanitarian law blatantly violated. We see a …
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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.
