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… and society at large, providing answers is a humanitarian imperative and helps put right a wrong from the past. The International Committee of the Red Cross … has been looking for her daughter-in-law, who disappeared en route to Mexico. The …
… to ensure that Sudanese civilians receive the humanitarian protection and assistance they … Secretary-General of the SRCS. “We urge the international community to increase their … obligations under international humanitarian law, which is designed to protect ordinary …
… In Honduras, humanitarian needs persist. Protecting the … our loved ones. We have faith that this law will be implemented and provide us with … in Mexico and Central America To download our humanitarian reports for each country covered …
… liberty are out of sight and out of mind, the International Committee of the Red Cross … international standards in this field. Our humanitarian work in prisons over almost ten … we promoted the reform of the special law concerning the compassionate release of …
… a negotiated end to the armed conflicts, the humanitarian situation in Colombia continues … that the parties to the conflicts have under international humanitarian law (IHL). These obligations must be upheld …
… We wish that the figures we report here for humanitarian consequences belonged to the … of what makes us human. But this is not true. International humanitarian law (IHL), also known as the "law of war", is …
… of what makes us human. But this is not true. International humanitarian law (IHL), also known as the "law of war", is …
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… communities continue to face significant humanitarian challenges. It is therefore … the physical and emotional aftermath. Read 'Humanitarian Report 2024' The human cost of …
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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.
