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… The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), together with the International Law Centre of Thammasat University’s Faculty … on facilitating discussions on international humanitarian law (IHL) and raise awareness …
… Since 1999, the Bruges Colloquium on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is the annual rendez-vous of IHL …
… civilian populations, to disrupt medical and humanitarian relief efforts, or to undermine … trust in the latter. What limits does international humanitarian law set on such operations, and which legal …
… to belligerents, states, tech companies, and humanitarian organizations to prevent or … Indiscriminate attacks are prohibited under international humanitarian law. That includes in cyber warfare. …
… of the local red cross to provide important humanitarian services to communities and to … by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and championing universal humanitarian principles. International Committee of the Red Cross, 12A …
… Geneva – The International Red Cross and Red Crescent … be protected on all sides. In international humanitarian law – the law of armed conflict – there is no …
… immediate release and stand ready to conduct humanitarian visits. But those attacks cannot … and electricity, are not compatible with international humanitarian law. When military powers order people to …
… and hardship they experienced. We, at the International Committee of the Red Cross, … once home to five million people. Facing a humanitarian emergency of such magnitude, we … obligation under International Humanitarian Law. Earlier this year, in Jeddah, the …
… Hostilities Unit at the Legal Division of the International Committee of the Red Cross … peace and security, based on international law, for a world in transition”. ‘A New Agenda … the immediate and long-lasting humanitarian consequences of the use 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.
