… is one of the most serious challenges of humanitarian concern in the world today. … consequences. Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross … been working to increase awareness of the laws protecting health-care personnel and …
… for the Near and Middle East at the International Committee of the Red Cross … this latest conflict, carrying out its humanitarian work as it did in previous ones. … that violations of international humanitarian law have occurred, despite our constant …
… 23-09-2014 Nairobi (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross … boosts self-reliance, promotes international humanitarian law, visits detainees and restores contact …
… and military operations in accordance with international law, including international human rights and humanitarian law" The International Committee …
… and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence The International Committee of the Red Cross … and serious violations of international humanitarian law following situations of violence, …
… area. Indeed, the prevention of violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law …
… of detention. It is a matter of very serious humanitarian concern in itself, as it … never become commonplace. It is vital, from a humanitarian point of view, to address the … where it already exists, and alleviating its humanitarian consequences. To this end, it …
… will participate in the Senior Workshop on International Rules Governing Military … their peers of the challenges of applying the law governing military operations," said Yves … to expand its dialogue with that country on humanitarian issues of mutual concern." Image …
… Joint statement, Geneva/Gaza. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent … for an urgent response to the pressing humanitarian needs in the Gaza Strip. During a … and those of International Humanitarian Law.” Public infrastructure, medical and …
… 25th South Asia Teaching Session (SATS) on international humanitarian law (IHL), organized by the International …
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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.
