Legal protection of children in armed conflict
Factsheet on the legal protection of children in armed conflict. In particular, the following questions/topics are addressed: general protection; special protection; participation in hostilities; …
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1976 Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
Factsheet on explaining the provisions of the Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques. In particular, the following questions/topics are …
The exchange of information on national measures to implement international humanitarian law
Fact sheet describing the obligations of States regarding the national implementation of the norms applicable to this particular aspect of international humanitarian law. ADVISORY SERVICE ON …
Protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict - Report
Report drawn up by the Advisory Service on international humanitarian law of the International Committee of the Red Cross following the Meeting of experts on national implementation of the rules for …
Dialogue with the past: the ICRC and the Nazi death camps
François Bugnion, the ICRC's Director for International Law and Cooperation within the Movement, reflects * on the organization's failure to react vigorously to the persecution of Jews by the Third …
Practical advice for the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict - Guidelines
Guidelines, intended to support States in the implementation of a system for the protection of cultural property, addressing the definition of cultural property; give an overview of the instruments …
New weapons - Factsheet
International humanitarian law (IHL) is a set of rules which seeks to limit the effects of armed conflict. It restricts the means and methods of warfare permitted to combatants and protects those …
The International Committee of the Red Cross as guardian of international humanitarian law
The ICRC acts as the guardian of international humanitarian law, a complex role that is closely connected with its own foundation and was later formally entrusted to it by the international …
International humanitarian law and the protection of war victims
Extract from "International Humanitarian Law: An introduction", Henry Dunant Institute, Geneva/Paul Haupt Publishers, Bern, 1993. Updated by the author in November 1998. Dr Hans-Peter Gasser, …
The United Nations and International Humanitarian Law: The International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations' involvement in the implementation of international humanitarian law
International Symposium on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations, Geneva, 19-21 October 1995. Paper presented by Dr Hans-Peter Gasser, Senior Legal Adviser, International …
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