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CHINA: First national inter-university moot court competition on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) held in Beijing

… round competition was co-organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross … the Red Cross Society of China and the Law School of Renmin University.  The winning … Asia-Pacific Regional Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot held in Hong Kong in …

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Beijing, Renmin University.Scene from the final at the first Red Cross IHL inter-university moot court competition for Mainland China.

The Nazi genocide and other persecutions

… specific mission and its position within the International Red Cross and Red Crescent … the moral values underlying international humanitarian law will eventually wither away. With this in …

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Launch of the Chinese Version of the Customary International Humanitarian Law Study

… of a world-wide study conducted by the International Committee of the Red Cross … 161 rules of customary international humanitarian law, was jointly launched by the ICRC and the …

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Professor Louise Doswald-Beck, Director of the University Centre for Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, delivering her presentation of the Customary IHL Study in Beijing on12 October 2007

China: Regional Symposium for the 30th Anniversary of the Adoption of the 1977 Protocols Additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions held in Beijing

… of the People's Republic of China and the International Committee of the Red Cross … to national implementation of international humanitarian law. Image Beijing. Symposium marking the 30th …

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The history of the emblems

… 1863, a five-member committee, the future International Committee of the Red Cross … a single distinctive symbol backed by the law to indicate respect for army medical … Geneva Convention.  Modern international humanitarian law was born.  The First Geneva …

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O, Humanitarian coordination bodies, 1921- ongoing, 127 metres of shelf space

… The archives of humanitarian coordination bodies set up jointly with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red … für verschiedene Länder : Italien, Jugoslawien 25.01.1945 - 09.04.1946 O CMS C-037 …

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Customary international humanitarian law: Questions and answers

… the clarification of the content of customary humanitarian law, by definition a body of unwritten rules. … this PDF . Questions: 1. What is customary international law? Both treaty law and …

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Guidelines on the use of the name and image of the ICRC by providers of goods and services

… wishes to use the name " ICRC " (or " International Committee of the Red Cross " ) … reserves the right to avail itself of the laws in force in Switzerland on the protection … violations of human rights, international humanitarian law or labour law, activities …

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China: ICRC opens regional delegation in Beijing

… Geneva/Beijing (ICRC)   The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross … the world and the relevance of international humanitarian law in today's contexts. The meeting also laid …

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Beijing. Chinese Assistant Minister of Foreign affairs Shen Guofang and ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger unveil the official plaque of ICRC regional delegation.

Occupation and international humanitarian law: Questions and answers

… legal team on what defines occupation, the laws that apply, how people are protected, and … 1949 apply to any territory occupied during international hostilities. They also apply in … law of occupation is primarily motivated by humanitarian considerations, it is solely the …

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ICRC library

Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.

IHL treaties

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 IHL

Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.