… and Burundi Regional (URB) delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross … carried out in 2022. The ICRC, like many humanitarian organizations continues to … mandate to promote International Humanitarian Law at the heart of our action. The following …
… The humanitarian situation in Libya saw … missing still bears heavily on families. The International Committee of the Red Cross … framework of the “International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and Humanitarian Working Group” it …
… intense fighting broke out in Sudan, the humanitarian situation is quickly … Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS) and the International Committee of the Red Cross … to adhere to international humanitarian law and facilitate humanitarian action. …
… of reducing harm to civilians during non-international armed conflicts. This handbook … groups under customary international humanitarian law (CIHL), and makes a number of …
… to Brasilia this week, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross … the importance of upholding international humanitarian law and humanitarian principles in a world …
… The Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross … responses from the authorities – to the humanitarian consequences of armed violence … and adopting the International Humanitarian Law (IHL), International Human Rights Law …
… series of twelve projects of the Engineering Humanitarian Action (EHA) initiative launched … fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the International Committee of the Red Cross … in accordance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL). Uncovering patterns of violence …
… On World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, the International Committee of the Red Cross and … all parties concerned to uphold international humanitarian law. For some years now, Burkina Faso has …
… tremendous challenges in carrying out our humanitarian action in a world beset by … so many complex and multi-dimensional crises. International attention is diverted from … some of the most basic rules of humanitarian law and hamper neutral and impartial …
… Services Programme was developed by the International Committee of the Red Cross … or in cooperation with Cross (ICRC) is a humanitarian organization our partners in the … is active today in more defined than work Law, are impacted just as significantly by …
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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.
