… use of these toxic chemicals as weapons for law enforcement. The ICRC has highlighted … with these weapons, and has held two international expert meetings to explore the … Convention, and customary international humanitarian law. This includes a prohibition …
… Meeting on Strengthening Compliance with International Humanitarian Law, Geneva, 13 July 2012 Concluding remarks …
… established and can be exercised." Occupation law - as a branch of IHL - regulates the … to take place as well as allowing impartial humanitarian organizations such as the ICRC to … of occupation were in the interest of the international community and should be …
… strengthen the teaching and understanding of international humanitarian law (IHL), the ICRC has published a third, …
… materials on contemporary practice in international humanitarian law. A selection of nearly three hundred case …
… National Committees for the implementation of international humanitarian law (IHL) exist in many countries to advise …
… Discussion on Strengthening Compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Functions of a possible IHL …
… reminding them of their obligations during international armed conflicts, under the four … armed forces in order to deal with any humanitarian problems arising in connection … to comply with international humanitarian law. For instance, both parties invited the …
… International humanitarian law bans or restricts certain types of … or "CCW") is based on the general rules of international humanitarian law that prohibit …
… International humanitarian law contains basic principles and rules … use of certain weapons. From the beginning, international humanitarian law (IHL) has …
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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.
