Migrants: Vulnerabilities & Protection
… this misses the point about the complexity of terrorism, its origins and how it manifests itself, noting that terrorism already operates well beyond the …
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Annual Report 2021
… the international school for counter-terrorism and the ICRC briefed over 100 … 17 countries, on the applicability of IHL to “terrorism”. The ICRC provided National … individually: people held on charges of “terrorism”, or in connection with the conflict …
Generating respect for the law: The need for persistence and imagination
… such training. One clear challenge is counterterrorism regulations, which ‘curtail the work … sanctions being actively imposed, counterterrorism legislation without sufficient … implications of Australian counterterrorism legislation’, in International …
Annual Report 2022
… The inter national school for counter-terrorism in Côte d’Ivoire and the ICRC … sessions, on the applicability of IHL to “terrorism”, for some 95 military, intelligence … discussed IHL in connection with counter- terrorism, while magistrates were sponsored to …
Bringing IHL Home: Guidelines on the National Implementation of International Humanitarian Law
… overlaps and contradictions between IHL and terrorism in domestic law and the impact that … and at the specialized judicial centre for terrorism and transnational organized crime. …
Kenya, Djibouti & Tanzania: Facts & Figures January - December 2022
… IHL issues in 2022 including IHL & counter-terrorism, non-state armed groups, new …
Malaysia: 17th national IHL moot court competition 2020
… a strong statement, condemning the “act of terrorism” on 15 January, and calling it …
Ethical principles guiding the ICRC's partnerships with the private sector
… crime, human trafficking, financing of terrorism, amongst others; 3. The manufacture …
ICRC 2024 Opinion Paper - How is the term "Armed Conflict" defined in international humanitarian law?
… of the phenomenon of so-called global terrorism, the ICRC has taken the approach of …
Ready-to-use workshop on sexual violence in armed conflict
… (c) taking of hostages; (d) acts of terrorism; (e) outrages upon personal dignity, …
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