… on its built-in emergency capacity, the International Committee of the Red Cross … its response in the West Bank to address the humanitarian consequences of a sharp rise in … on respect for International Humanitarian Law and protection of civilians Engaged the …
… 28-03-2024 Kinshasa (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross … Goma, received essential relief items. As humanitarian needs continue to grow at an … obligation under international humanitarian law to respect and protect all civilians, the …
… From 28 March to 9 June 2024, the International Committee of the Red Cross … part in its photojournalism contest, the ICRC Humanitarian Visa d’or award. For its 14th … of respect for international humanitarian law around the world to a wide audience. Last …
… As part of our ongoing multi-disciplinary humanitarian response to the situation in … with parties to the conflict on respect for International Humanitarian Law and protection of the civilian population. …
… the worst excesses of war, the objective of international humanitarian law (IHL) is best realized when parties to …
… it. It draws in particular from applicable international law, including IHL and international human rights law (IHRL), as well …
… the conditions for the development of the laws of war. Our assessment is that the … new legally binding instrument is needed. The International Committee of the Red Cross … [that autonomous weapon systems] raise from humanitarian, legal, security, technological …
… 19-03-2024 The International Committee of the Red Cross and … ICRC to fulfill its vital role in providing humanitarian assistance and protection to … and promote international humanitarian law in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, …
… displaced as of the end of the year and humanitarian needs remain high. While … of the Interior attended 3 sessions on International Human Rights Law. Promoting Respect for International …
… given by Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at the European Humanitarian Forum – 18 March 2024 … obligations under international humanitarian law – to prevent and minimize this intolerable …
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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.
