Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL)
… Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL) is a resource pack for teachers to … students aged 13 to 18 to the basic rules of international humanitarian law. It was …
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The 49th Florence Nightingale Medal Award Ceremony
… Medal, Ladies and gentlemen, On behalf of the International Committee of the Red Cross, I am … remained at the heart of the ICRC's humanitarian operations worldwide, in our … Working through International Humanitarian Law, which has the Geneva Conventions as its …
ICRC President begins first official visit to China
… (ICRC) – Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross … exemplary contributions to healthcare and humanitarian services. To mark the 160 th … how the ICRC and international humanitarian law can contribute to the goal of peace . "I …
Somalia/Somaliland: Red Cross visits hundreds of detainees in Las Anod
… 01-09-2023 Nairobi (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross … held. The purpose of these visits is purely humanitarian, with the aim of ensuring that … in accordance with international humanitarian law. This means that every detained person …
Iraq: For families of the missing, the pain remains even as the search for answers continues
… their loved ones went missing. As we mark the International Day of the Disappeared today, … a right that is enshrined in international humanitarian law. In Iraq, decades of successive conflicts …
Sri Lanka: Time does not heal. Only answers do.
… 30-08-2023 Colombo (ICRC) – On the International Day of the Disappeared, the … other situations of violence, disasters, humanitarian emergencies and migration. When … is enshrined in international humanitarian law , which also requires parties to a …
Pandemics and Armed Conflict: Recommendations for the Pandemic Accord
… The International Committee of the Red Cross … and by its legal mandate under international humanitarian law (IHL), but also by the understanding that …
Afghanistan: Facts and Figures - January - June 2023
… half (55%) of the population is in need of humanitarian assistance, with economic … deepening an already dire situation. The International Committee of the Red Cross … session was conducted for 25 members of Herat law enforcement department A round-table …
Syria: facts and figures in Jan-Jun 2023
… Throughout the first half of 2023, the International Committee of the Red Cross … • Organized an Introduction to International Humanitarian Law (IHL) workshop for 25 officers from the …
Statement by the ICRC Vice-President Gilles Carbonnier at the Ninth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty
… national control systems, in investing in international cooperation, and in advocating … and ammunition. Violations of international humanitarian law and human rights continue to be …
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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.
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Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.