Conventional weapons
… International humanitarian law bans or restricts certain types of … no military purpose. Conventional weapons and international humanitarian law International …
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Climate and conflict
… We are calling for this trend to be reversed. Humanitarian organizations have an important … and conflicts. The ICRC, together with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red … Life in the hotspot From the Humanitarian Law and Policy blog Climate and Conflict This …
Protected persons: The wounded, the sick and health-care providers
… That principle remained the core of international humanitarian law as it extended to other aspects of war and …
Legal review of weapons
… International humanitarian law limits both the choice of weapons and the … an armed conflict are limited by the rules of international humanitarian law in their choice …
Urban warfare and violence
… and the infrastructure they depend on. The humanitarian consequences of urban warfare … apply and better comply with existing international humanitarian law , which is adapted to the major trends in …
Anti-personnel landmines
… lasts for decades. That is why in 1997 the international community adopted the … ban anti-personnel mines was one of the major humanitarian initiatives of the last three … can be realized. From the Humanitarian Law and Policy blog Anti-Personnel Landmines …
Protected persons: Children
… Under international humanitarian law, children affected by armed conflict are … our archives: Children in war Children under international humanitarian law Children are …
Customary IHL
… Customary international humanitarian law (IHL) consists of rules that come from "a …
Private military and security companies
… has raised questions about how to apply international humanitarian law. Contemporary challenges to IHL – …
Protection
… Our protection work that saves lives At the International Committee of the Red Cross … that the safeguards embedded in international humanitarian law (IHL) are respected, and endeavour to …
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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.
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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.