… 26th session, Human Rights Council The International Committee of the Red Cross … rules and standards on the use of force in law enforcement. With a view to preventing and mitigating the humanitarian consequences of the use of force …
… issues that my organisation – the International Committee of the Red Cross – … help victims of war and violence. We use the law and we address vulnerabilities and … and absolutely prohibited under international humanitarian law. It can amount to torture and …
… its mandate and sphere of competence. At the international level, significant progress has … committed to active cooperation with relevant humanitarian actors, giving priority to those … compliance with international humanitarian law, including the rules designed to prevent …
… Violence against women in war – a major humanitarian concern In the Central African … to respect and uphold their obligations under international law. Better implementation of and compliance …
… 26th session, Human Rights Council The International Committee of the Red Cross … Violence against women in war – a major humanitarian concern In the Central African … uphold their obligations under international law. Better implementation of and compliance …
… active in the country to contribute its humanitarian role in alleviating the problems … ICRC continued its effort in promoting the International Humanitarian Law (IHL) by maintaining its contact with the …
… Since the establishment of ad hoc international criminal tribunals and the … international crimes, including international humanitarian law (IHL) violations. The considerable …
… the applicability and application of international humanitarian law rules on the conduct of hostilities to …
… he explains to his students in Yemen ICRC's humanitarian role and mandate. In many … Islamic scholars in Yemen on the question of international humanitarian law and Islam, and the emblem of the …
… of States on Strengthening Compliance with International Humanitarian Law that was held in Geneva on 17-18 June …
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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.
