… Adopted on 8 June 1977, Protocols I and II are international treaties that supplement the … and - for the first time - lay down detailed humanitarian rules that apply in civil wars. … by States to make international humanitarian law more complete and more universal, and to …
… Legislation for Common Law States on the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions ADVISORY SERVICE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW … on the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions International Committee of the Red Cross 19 …
… on Cluster Munitions Ratification kit International Committee of the Red Cross 19 … framework for addressing the long-standing humanitarian issues associated with these … (see Article 18, Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1969). Signing the Convention …
… of IDPs Cordula Droege Ten years ago the International Committee of the Red Cross … reaffirm existing international human rights law and international humanitarian law – and to “clarify grey areas” …
… by all parties to ensure greater respect for international humanitarian law. In particular th e following …
… Legislation for Common Law States on the 1949 Geneva Conventions and … 2005 Additional Protocols ADVISORY SERVICE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW …
… and red crystal emblems . ADVISORY SERVICE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW ____________________________________ MODEL …
… This analysis of the punishments applicable to international crimes (war crimes, crimes … countries with a Romano-Germanic (civil law) tradition and others with a common law … those responsible for grave breaches of humanitarian law. Generally, the criminal law …
… Assessing national measures to implement international humanitarian law allows the authorities to verify which …
… Opinion paper - definition of "international armed conflict" and … armed conflict" under International Humanitarian Law, the branch of international law which …
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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.
